Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 6 07 Jun 2026, 08:20

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 21:58.596 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:43.559
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:29.712
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.740
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.308
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.917
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.033
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.935
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.631
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.878
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.291
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.670
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.313
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.198
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product
30.455
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.010
And the system is very low on memory 3.960
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.215
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.975
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.129
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.471
And I free up some memory 0.900
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.714
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:34.471
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.925
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.385
And all tps features are active 1.401
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.151
When I disable the first tps feature 2.656
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.726
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.789
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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13.479
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.482
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.045
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 3.095
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.531
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.783
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.879
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.633
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.099
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
45.853
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.922
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.987
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.220
When I write some files expected to persist 1.484
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.719
# 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" 13.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:47.915
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.537
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.502
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.517
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.025
And I capture all network traffic 0.015
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.501
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.417
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.054
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41.396
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.984
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.180
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.667
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:54.885
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.536
When I enable persistence 13.793
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.991
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.762
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.332
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.263
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.535
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.641
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.189
When I cold reboot the computer 6.655
And the computer reboots Tails 39.542
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.287
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.198
Given I enable persistence 8.577
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.303
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.065
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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2:35.909
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.517
# 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 37.360
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.494
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:18.036
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039
Tags: @product
38.770
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.030
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.512
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.111
And all notifications have disappeared 8.223
When I delete the persistent partition 3.328
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:25.624
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.805
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.155
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.349
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.024
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44.315
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.429
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.230
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.295
And all notifications have disappeared 7.729
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.264
And all tps features are enabled 1.896
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.183
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
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 33.335
And I enable persistence 21.780
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.889
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.615
And persistence is enabled 1.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.122
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.110
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.332
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.651
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.581
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.112
When I enable persistence 7.860
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.433
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.420
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.959
When I try to enable persistence 1.289
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.806
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.489
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.197
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.558
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.690
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.431
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 12.268
And all notifications have disappeared 9.690
# 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" 0.195
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.427
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.173
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.313
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.675
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.296
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.867
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.326
When I try to enable persistence 1.294
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.653
When I log in to a new session 12.341
And all notifications have disappeared 9.117
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.961
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000