Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 56 28 Jul 2026, 08:05

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 20:52.576 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.296
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 1:16.134
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.069
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.243
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.989
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 8.220
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.331
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.200
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.879
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 8.191
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.918
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.364
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.733
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.177
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
Tags: @product
29.066
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.406
And the system is very low on memory 4.398
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.213
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.699
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.131
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.403
And I free up some memory 0.830
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.935
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.297
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 7.770
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And all tps features are active 5.112
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.986
When I disable the first tps feature 2.521
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.436
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.821
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.829
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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12.728
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 7.359
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.546
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.508
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 7.034
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.458
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.853
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.405
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 7.053
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 8.487
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.946
When I write some files expected to persist 1.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.337
# 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" 11.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.106
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 7.029
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 9.471
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.337
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.623
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.879
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.347
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.089
Tags: @product
40.721
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 7.955
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.324
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.481
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 8.241
When I enable persistence 18.337
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.872
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.694
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.365
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.262
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.564
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.419
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
When I cold reboot the computer 6.207
And the computer reboots Tails 36.408
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.250
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.230
Given I enable persistence 10.195
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.211
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.838
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product
2:8.020
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 7.708
# 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 28.460
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.420
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.984
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product
38.863
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 7.598
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.843
Then persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.133
And all notifications have disappeared 8.217
When I delete the persistent partition 2.625
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.416
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 7.237
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.338
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.511
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
49.570
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 create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.972
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.751
And all notifications have disappeared 7.865
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.272
And all tps features are enabled 4.745
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.152
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 32.431
And I enable persistence 23.147
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.062
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.552
And persistence is enabled 4.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
24.828
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 6.775
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.564
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.554
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 8.026
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.910
When I enable persistence 10.412
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.206
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 7.816
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.573
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.147
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.310
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.168
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.616
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 7.333
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.492
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 10.080
And all notifications have disappeared 8.453
# 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" 0.171
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.470
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.187
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.308
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.865
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 7.312
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.770
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.344
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.076
When I log in to a new session 9.332
And all notifications have disappeared 8.953
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.244
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000