Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 46 17 Jul 2026, 08:18

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 22:52.570 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.856
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 1:26.596
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.032
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.306
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.055
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.698
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.188
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
And persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.133
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 8.416
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.310
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.108
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.488
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.879
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.586
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.179
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
31.049
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 7.764
And the system is very low on memory 4.311
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.212
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.879
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.137
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.382
And I free up some memory 0.804
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.511
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.975
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 8.234
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.314
And all tps features are active 5.502
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.107
When I disable the first tps feature 2.568
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.178
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.506
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
12.919
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 7.599
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.508
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.418
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.538
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 7.270
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.094
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.164
And I disable the first tps feature 3.074
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.865
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.709
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 6.974
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.217
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.848
When I write some files expected to persist 1.165
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.355
# 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" 12.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.927
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 7.469
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 14.191
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.157
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.636
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.968
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.924
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.387
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.044
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
Tags: @product
40.559
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 8.309
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.086
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.729
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.434
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.266
When I enable persistence 20.101
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.657
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.653
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
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.582
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.335
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 8.916
And the computer reboots Tails 38.131
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.288
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.195
Given I enable persistence 11.574
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.087
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.284
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.472
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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2:21.165
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 8.071
# 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 30.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.532
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.399
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
41.944
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 7.904
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.101
Then persistence is disabled 0.122
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.988
And all notifications have disappeared 8.174
When I delete the persistent partition 3.282
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.960
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 8.023
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.673
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.928
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
52.323
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 7.547
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.104
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.330
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.546
And all notifications have disappeared 7.736
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.292
And all tps features are enabled 4.815
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.743
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 33.713
And I enable persistence 26.447
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.485
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.596
And persistence is enabled 5.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.474
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 7.461
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.441
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.544
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 8.195
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.235
When I enable persistence 10.870
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.188
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 7.867
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.833
When I try to enable persistence 1.380
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.169
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.452
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.140
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.891
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 7.407
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.147
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I log in to a new session 12.093
And all notifications have disappeared 9.328
# 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" 0.255
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.522
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.355
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.421
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.175
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 7.671
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.233
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.396
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.947
When I log in to a new session 10.151
And all notifications have disappeared 9.659
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.093
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 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000