Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 60 01 Aug 2026, 08:12

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 21:3.631 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.065
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 1:20.079
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.880
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.267
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.546
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 8.516
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.139
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
And persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.593
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 8.130
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.477
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 5.469
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.883
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.161
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.323
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 7.310
And the system is very low on memory 4.314
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.191
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.785
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.220
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.434
And I free up some memory 0.759
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.263
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.784
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 7.853
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
And all tps features are active 4.843
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.970
When I disable the first tps feature 2.486
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.499
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.853
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.409
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product
12.875
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 7.442
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I disable the first tps feature 2.546
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.072
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.521
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 6.832
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.498
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.964
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.871
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 7.164
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.412
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.933
When I write some files expected to persist 1.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.341
# 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" 11.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.747
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 7.194
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.742
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.431
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.190
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.446
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.412
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
Tags: @product
38.663
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 7.915
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 12.230
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.216
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 8.096
When I enable persistence 18.142
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.461
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.256
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.291
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.219
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.555
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.461
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
When I cold reboot the computer 6.117
And the computer reboots Tails 36.979
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.266
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.192
Given I enable persistence 10.806
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.270
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.742
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:6.568
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 7.804
# 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 26.857
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.396
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.585
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.760
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 7.547
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.845
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.202
And all notifications have disappeared 8.031
When I delete the persistent partition 2.656
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.224
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 7.417
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.431
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.110
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
48.533
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 7.551
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.890
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.070
And all notifications have disappeared 7.992
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.250
And all tps features are enabled 4.715
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.270
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 31.821
And I enable persistence 26.043
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.213
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.533
And persistence is enabled 5.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.612
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 6.876
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.222
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.152
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 7.694
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.194
When I enable persistence 10.707
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.094
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 7.512
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.816
When I try to enable persistence 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.850
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.588
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.156
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.793
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 7.472
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.715
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.456
And all notifications have disappeared 9.232
# 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" 0.107
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.350
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.157
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.231
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.411
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 7.730
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.093
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.344
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.329
When I log in to a new session 9.673
And all notifications have disappeared 9.028
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.266
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000