Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 47 18 Jul 2026, 08:11

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 22:25.322 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.300
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.445
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.624
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.272
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.353
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 8.451
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.665
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.476
And persistence is disabled 0.144
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.518
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 8.227
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.484
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.437
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.691
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
30.359
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 7.364
And the system is very low on memory 4.952
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.166
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.739
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.184
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.404
And I free up some memory 0.771
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.715
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.103
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 8.374
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And all tps features are active 4.936
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.100
When I disable the first tps feature 2.779
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.399
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.470
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.129
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.006
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 7.517
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I disable the first tps feature 2.539
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.498
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.623
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 7.076
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
And I disable the first tps feature 2.475
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.899
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.882
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 7.158
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.002
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.431
When I write some files expected to persist 1.209
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.533
# 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" 12.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.359
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 7.352
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.365
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.181
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.516
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.311
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.999
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.407
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
Tags: @product
41.504
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.239
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.120
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.709
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.811
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 8.636
When I enable persistence 19.360
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.913
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.353
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.369
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.229
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.487
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.928
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 10.202
And the computer reboots Tails 38.378
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.245
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.278
Given I enable persistence 12.061
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
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 8.747
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:18.182
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 8.480
# 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 30.595
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.083
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.420
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.224
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 8.750
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.092
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.186
And all notifications have disappeared 7.974
When I delete the persistent partition 2.718
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.240
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 8.425
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.714
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.730
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
51.576
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 7.955
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.433
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.503
And all notifications have disappeared 7.873
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.291
And all tps features are enabled 5.261
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.151
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 35.094
And I enable persistence 26.320
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.300
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.582
And persistence is enabled 5.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.049
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
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 7.097
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.267
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.459
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 8.255
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.144
When I enable persistence 10.879
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.795
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 8.140
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.520
When I try to enable persistence 1.280
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.639
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.393
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.143
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.377
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 7.456
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.235
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.631
And all notifications have disappeared 10.494
# 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" 0.131
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.410
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.191
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.463
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.442
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 8.148
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.804
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.333
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.671
When I log in to a new session 10.635
And all notifications have disappeared 9.156
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.701
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000