Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 52 24 Jul 2026, 08:10

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 21:17.838 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.934
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 1:16.584
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.274
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.242
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.865
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 8.024
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.631
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.225
And persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.254
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 8.325
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.100
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.767
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.386
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.198
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
29.419
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 7.264
And the system is very low on memory 4.404
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.251
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.644
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.096
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.498
And I free up some memory 0.859
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.363
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.536
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 7.896
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
And all tps features are active 4.988
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.966
When I disable the first tps feature 2.415
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.650
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.708
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.158
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
12.904
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 7.387
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.091
When I disable the first tps feature 2.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.066
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.099
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.488
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 6.989
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.045
And I disable the first tps feature 2.471
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.867
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.250
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 7.226
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.055
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.910
When I write some files expected to persist 1.089
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.954
# 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" 11.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.538
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 7.131
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 18.746
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.134
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.415
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.570
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.922
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.397
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071
Tags: @product
42.096
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 8.208
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.194
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.749
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 8.332
When I enable persistence 19.727
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.563
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.207
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.311
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.236
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.533
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.948
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 6.083
And the computer reboots Tails 35.837
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.236
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.174
Given I enable persistence 10.233
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.094
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.217
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.722
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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2:5.645
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 7.820
# 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 26.660
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.498
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.341
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
39.072
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 7.682
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.883
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.312
And all notifications have disappeared 8.055
When I delete the persistent partition 2.667
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:19.829
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
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.498
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.446
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
49.237
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 7.297
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.854
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.781
And all notifications have disappeared 7.945
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.245
And all tps features are enabled 4.674
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:9.616
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 31.928
And I enable persistence 23.571
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.554
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.598
And persistence is enabled 4.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
24.845
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 6.877
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.391
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.685
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 7.823
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.824
When I enable persistence 10.874
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.818
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 7.433
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.493
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.094
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.356
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.150
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.458
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 7.246
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.177
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.003
And all notifications have disappeared 9.886
# 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" 0.114
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.411
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.158
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.422
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.589
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 7.303
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.250
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.326
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.781
When I log in to a new session 9.613
And all notifications have disappeared 9.276
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.241
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000