Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 40 13 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 21:1.880 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.191
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 1:16.862
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.238
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.237
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.467
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 8.357
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.997
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And persistence is disabled 0.074
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.754
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 8.333
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.497
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.230
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.061
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
27.725
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 7.464
And the system is very low on memory 3.299
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.216
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.427
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.094
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.380
And I free up some memory 0.779
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.014
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.083
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 7.963
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.305
And all tps features are active 5.208
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.938
When I disable the first tps feature 2.543
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.454
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.234
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.770
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
12.797
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 7.393
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.545
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.442
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.688
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 7.173
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 2.536
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.809
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.197
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 7.235
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.890
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.072
When I write some files expected to persist 1.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.763
# 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" 12.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.084
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 7.142
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.585
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.222
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.015
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.151
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.392
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.346
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.081
Tags: @product
40.779
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.526
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.100
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.285
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.548
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 8.604
When I enable persistence 18.508
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.717
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.326
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.359
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.234
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.482
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.672
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
When I cold reboot the computer 10.104
And the computer reboots Tails 35.918
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.283
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.214
Given I enable persistence 10.491
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.210
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.085
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:12.009
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 8.088
# 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 26.571
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.524
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.140
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
Tags: @product
36.385
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 7.791
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.527
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.141
And all notifications have disappeared 7.795
When I delete the persistent partition 2.681
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:19.271
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 7.318
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.944
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.749
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
48.178
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 7.689
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.271
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.295
And all notifications have disappeared 7.752
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.313
And all tps features are enabled 4.638
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.542
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 29.779
And I enable persistence 22.287
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.482
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.592
And persistence is enabled 5.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.961
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 6.835
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.595
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.750
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.986
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.778
When I enable persistence 10.469
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.395
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 7.805
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.725
When I try to enable persistence 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.070
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.431
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.147
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.287
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 7.483
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.321
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.319
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.086
When I log in to a new session 10.677
And all notifications have disappeared 9.356
# 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" 0.127
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.364
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.180
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.316
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.778
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 7.628
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.452
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.344
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.015
When I log in to a new session 11.242
And all notifications have disappeared 7.686
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.476
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000