Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 42 14 Jul 2026, 08:14

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 22:14.068 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.444
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 1:22.994
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.159
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.247
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.350
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.875
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.711
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.235
And persistence is disabled 0.175
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.293
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 8.846
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.383
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.695
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.862
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.178
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
31.817
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 8.104
And the system is very low on memory 3.571
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.253
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.883
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.108
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.432
And I free up some memory 1.003
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.416
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.845
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 8.353
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.350
And all tps features are active 5.723
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.084
When I disable the first tps feature 2.557
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.003
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.031
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
13.215
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.847
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.502
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.436
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.894
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 7.203
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 2.585
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.920
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.464
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 7.655
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 12.664
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.878
When I write some files expected to persist 1.221
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.826
# 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" 12.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.875
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 7.639
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.006
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.832
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.905
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.671
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.389
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product
40.205
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.529
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 13.052
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.181
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 8.807
When I enable persistence 17.786
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.940
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.685
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.411
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.266
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.569
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.011
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
When I cold reboot the computer 10.534
And the computer reboots Tails 37.562
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.342
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.247
Given I enable persistence 11.105
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.230
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.342
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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2:15.880
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 8.371
# 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 28.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.614
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.228
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
38.579
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 8.452
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.966
Then persistence is disabled 0.171
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.152
And all notifications have disappeared 7.609
When I delete the persistent partition 2.770
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.434
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 7.761
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.735
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.653
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
49.666
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 8.191
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.344
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.464
And all notifications have disappeared 7.996
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.263
And all tps features are enabled 5.059
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.634
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 31.403
And I enable persistence 24.585
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.245
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.675
And persistence is enabled 5.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.938
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 7.162
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.130
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.786
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 8.731
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.240
When I enable persistence 11.888
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.643
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 8.269
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.125
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.836
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.502
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.078
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.193
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.482
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 7.328
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.597
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 11.545
And all notifications have disappeared 8.677
# 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" 0.261
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.431
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.181
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.340
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.432
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 7.758
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.286
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.331
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.619
When I log in to a new session 12.108
And all notifications have disappeared 8.563
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.860
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000