Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 41 13 Jul 2026, 18:35

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 23:13.235 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.614
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 1:21.796
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.692
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.245
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.573
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 9.428
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.287
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.288
And persistence is disabled 0.121
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.254
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 logged in 8.528
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.132
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.632
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.736
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.620
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.201
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
32.364
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 logged in 8.390
And the system is very low on memory 4.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.196
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.580
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.118
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.423
And I free up some memory 0.854
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.660
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.170
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 8.564
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.394
And all tps features are active 6.393
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.251
When I disable the first tps feature 2.543
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.436
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.245
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.626
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.156
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 7.497
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.708
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.545
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.069
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 7.374
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.549
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.982
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.034
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 7.884
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.581
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.913
When I write some files expected to persist 1.331
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.007
# 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" 13.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.800
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 7.677
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 9.955
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.155
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.553
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.861
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 11.763
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.420
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.179
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
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43.007
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 9.442
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.111
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.458
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:6.785
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 9.389
When I enable persistence 19.632
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.053
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.042
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.371
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.267
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.553
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.836
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 9.580
And the computer reboots Tails 38.837
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.277
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.198
Given I enable persistence 12.684
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.096
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.267
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.323
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
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2:27.464
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 8.476
# 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 34.346
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.858
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:11.618
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
40.094
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 8.615
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.836
Then persistence is disabled 0.147
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.226
And all notifications have disappeared 8.103
When I delete the persistent partition 2.813
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.653
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.958
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.662
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.728
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product
51.834
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.861
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.285
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.605
And all notifications have disappeared 7.986
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.270
And all tps features are enabled 5.615
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.467
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 30.951
And I enable persistence 26.039
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.221
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.700
And persistence is enabled 6.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.361
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 7.561
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.277
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.142
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 7.725
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.390
When I enable persistence 11.987
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.080
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.408
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 7.328
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.702
When I try to enable persistence 1.323
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.861
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.388
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.143
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.622
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
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
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.109
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I log in to a new session 13.072
And all notifications have disappeared 9.343
# 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" 0.153
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.671
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.214
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.685
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.357
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 7.619
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.634
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.441
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.545
When I log in to a new session 11.859
And all notifications have disappeared 8.583
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.650
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000