Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 66 09 Aug 2026, 08:00

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 22:39.096 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.156
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 1:25.955
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.360
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.220
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.131
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 8.207
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.806
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.202
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.376
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 8.632
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.499
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.281
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.127
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product
41.593
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 21.227
And the system is very low on memory 4.475
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.153
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.964
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.113
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.482
And I free up some memory 0.453
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.681
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.353
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.062
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
And all tps features are active 7.575
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.532
When I disable the first tps feature 2.431
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.872
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.604
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.739
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.174
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 7.973
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.391
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.039
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.872
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 7.511
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
And I disable the first tps feature 2.453
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.752
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.601
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 7.634
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.263
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.936
When I write some files expected to persist 0.886
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.756
# 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" 11.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.571
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 7.818
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.203
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 5.235
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.119
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.502
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.354
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
Tags: @product
36.965
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 8.250
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.065
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.180
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.920
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 8.448
When I enable persistence 21.813
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.338
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.591
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.187
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.129
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.486
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.003
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.107
When I cold reboot the computer 5.782
And the computer reboots Tails 32.204
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.317
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.105
Given I enable persistence 12.389
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.174
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.634
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:3.155
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 7.873
# 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 27.418
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.546
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.202
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.932
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 7.945
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.254
Then persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.022
And all notifications have disappeared 7.841
When I delete the persistent partition 2.535
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.230
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 7.739
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.156
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.090
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
52.214
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 7.699
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.853
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.038
And all notifications have disappeared 7.201
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.243
And all tps features are enabled 7.833
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:37.141
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 1:55.984
And I enable persistence 25.370
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.480
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.574
And persistence is enabled 7.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.618
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 20.290
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.884
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.422
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 8.134
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.500
When I enable persistence 12.235
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.443
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 8.027
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.119
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.780
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.247
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.207
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.241
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 7.870
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.686
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.090
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 8.147
And all notifications have disappeared 8.041
# 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" 0.153
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.062
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.141
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.057
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.980
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 8.018
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.711
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.274
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.828
When I log in to a new session 7.369
And all notifications have disappeared 8.810
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.068
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000