Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 65 08 Aug 2026, 07:59

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 23:10.477 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.039
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 1:16.670
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.300
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.248
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.560
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 8.457
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.169
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.213
And persistence is disabled 0.069
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.182
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 8.572
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.255
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.170
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.391
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.388
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.193
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.927
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 8.518
And the system is very low on memory 4.621
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.233
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.499
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.122
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.410
And I free up some memory 0.573
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.902
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.232
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 8.041
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.218
And all tps features are active 8.658
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.936
When I disable the first tps feature 2.491
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.034
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.768
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.923
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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13.464
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 8.202
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I disable the first tps feature 2.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.430
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 7.853
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.581
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.829
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.796
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 7.599
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 9.259
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.109
When I write some files expected to persist 0.962
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.249
# 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" 13.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.012
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 7.992
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 17.859
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.295
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.924
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 16.119
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.373
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.101
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
Tags: @product
40.672
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 8.388
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.574
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.355
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.674
When I enable persistence 27.788
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.508
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.696
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.223
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.172
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.459
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.248
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
When I cold reboot the computer 6.032
And the computer reboots Tails 33.371
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.228
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.132
Given I enable persistence 12.748
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.097
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.282
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.395
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:3.807
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 8.167
# 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 26.865
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.343
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.028
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.979
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.904
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.095
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.601
And all notifications have disappeared 8.380
When I delete the persistent partition 2.633
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.126
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 7.945
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
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 1:4.601
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
Tags: @product
55.938
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 8.168
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.799
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.334
And all notifications have disappeared 8.279
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.220
And all tps features are enabled 7.833
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:42.036
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 1:58.170
And I enable persistence 27.235
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.775
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.524
And persistence is enabled 8.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.353
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 7.406
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.498
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.427
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 8.230
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.013
When I enable persistence 13.406
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.860
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.001
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.865
When I try to enable persistence 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.352
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.094
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.368
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.101
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.339
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 7.768
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.938
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.085
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 8.511
And all notifications have disappeared 8.234
# 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" 0.117
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.067
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.168
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.189
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.934
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 7.742
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.166
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.297
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.407
When I log in to a new session 8.482
And all notifications have disappeared 6.579
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.136
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000