Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 61 02 Aug 2026, 08:06

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 20:56.832 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.675
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 1:19.424
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.968
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.477
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.308
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 7.987
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.162
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.665
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 8.247
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.722
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.373
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.694
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.170
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.110
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 7.222
And the system is very low on memory 4.555
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.151
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.846
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.092
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.417
And I free up some memory 0.815
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.959
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.881
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 7.915
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
And all tps features are active 4.899
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.082
When I disable the first tps feature 2.459
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.792
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.593
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.008
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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12.448
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 7.185
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.473
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.402
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.458
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 6.933
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I disable the first tps feature 2.539
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.805
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.276
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 7.012
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.892
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.713
When I write some files expected to persist 1.155
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.833
# 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" 11.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.756
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 6.890
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.439
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.812
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.641
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.287
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.362
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
Tags: @product
38.357
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 8.223
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.133
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.303
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 8.102
When I enable persistence 19.139
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.604
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.592
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.327
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.216
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.525
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.662
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
When I cold reboot the computer 6.057
And the computer reboots Tails 35.420
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.219
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.190
Given I enable persistence 10.584
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.259
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.999
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:6.326
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 7.939
# 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 28.490
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.437
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.252
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.423
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 7.414
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.419
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.554
And all notifications have disappeared 7.935
When I delete the persistent partition 2.626
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.758
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 7.064
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.013
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.410
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
47.346
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 7.107
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.729
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.821
And all notifications have disappeared 7.992
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.227
And all tps features are enabled 4.328
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.976
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 31.591
And I enable persistence 24.641
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.194
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.555
And persistence is enabled 4.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.806
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 6.788
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.500
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.591
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 7.558
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.013
When I enable persistence 10.064
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.076
And persistence is successfully enabled 4.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.898
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 7.395
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.576
When I try to enable persistence 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.966
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.323
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.178
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.012
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 7.191
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.232
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.706
And all notifications have disappeared 9.847
# 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" 0.115
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.399
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.151
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.211
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.448
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 7.271
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.569
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.305
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.910
When I log in to a new session 9.566
And all notifications have disappeared 8.738
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.214
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000