Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 55 27 Jul 2026, 08:07

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 21:6.506 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.066
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 1:17.952
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.637
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.233
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.595
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 8.025
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.772
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.253
And persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.024
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 8.367
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.108
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.647
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.350
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.938
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.203
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
Tags: @product
28.799
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 7.411
And the system is very low on memory 4.598
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.159
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.417
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.084
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.387
And I free up some memory 0.837
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.856
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.781
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 7.921
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
And all tps features are active 5.119
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.036
When I disable the first tps feature 2.475
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.032
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.666
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.494
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
12.845
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 7.337
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.473
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.078
When I enable the first tps feature 2.612
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.501
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 7.041
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.454
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.826
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.453
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 enabled and logged in 7.026
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.091
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.038
When I write some files expected to persist 1.203
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.351
# 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" 11.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.683
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 7.130
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 18.821
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.169
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.410
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.114
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.458
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.386
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.048
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.077
Tags: @product
40.739
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 7.938
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.062
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.324
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.771
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 7.943
When I enable persistence 18.609
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.835
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.300
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.318
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.238
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.490
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.059
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
When I cold reboot the computer 6.080
And the computer reboots Tails 35.734
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.286
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.208
Given I enable persistence 10.677
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
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 8.377
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
2:6.262
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 7.954
# 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 27.445
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.504
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.337
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
38.657
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 log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.443
Then persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.394
And all notifications have disappeared 7.946
When I delete the persistent partition 2.645
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:19.176
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 7.366
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.527
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.011
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
48.809
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 7.588
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.441
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.782
And all notifications have disappeared 8.049
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.325
And all tps features are enabled 4.704
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.662
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 30.975
And I enable persistence 24.098
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.802
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.537
And persistence is enabled 5.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.836
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 6.983
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.358
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.158
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 7.770
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.711
When I enable persistence 10.393
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.925
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 7.253
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.777
When I try to enable persistence 1.281
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.241
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.393
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.153
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.194
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 7.154
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
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 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 10.526
And all notifications have disappeared 8.323
# 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" 0.133
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.110
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.154
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.277
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.560
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 7.272
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.291
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.352
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.928
When I log in to a new session 8.763
And all notifications have disappeared 8.430
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.586
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000