Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 69 12 Aug 2026, 08:02

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 22:20.896 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.357
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.872
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.638
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.213
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.597
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 8.031
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.325
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.200
And persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:29.872
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.593
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.112
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.514
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.461
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.634
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.145
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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28.604
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 7.871
And the system is very low on memory 4.392
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.193
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.366
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.193
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.398
And I free up some memory 0.485
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.665
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.900
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 8.048
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And all tps features are active 7.323
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.650
When I disable the first tps feature 2.499
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.723
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.611
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.530
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.238
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 7.961
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.499
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.421
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.999
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 7.534
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.477
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.783
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.918
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 7.348
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.979
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.473
When I write some files expected to persist 0.834
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.172
# 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" 11.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.977
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 7.394
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 14.718
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.166
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.164
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.993
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 19.962
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.328
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.122
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36.327
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 8.314
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.214
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.851
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 8.331
When I enable persistence 21.155
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.444
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.807
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.391
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.274
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.508
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.905
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
When I cold reboot the computer 5.712
And the computer reboots Tails 32.399
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.195
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.177
Given I enable persistence 12.458
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.278
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.486
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:6.181
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 8.185
# 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 28.706
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.422
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.464
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
36.984
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 7.822
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.687
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.585
And all notifications have disappeared 7.848
When I delete the persistent partition 2.614
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.466
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 7.512
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.208
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.505
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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53.099
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 7.823
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.556
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.325
And all notifications have disappeared 6.940
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.285
And all tps features are enabled 7.523
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:36.756
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:57.025
And I enable persistence 24.902
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.943
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.538
And persistence is enabled 7.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.912
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.355
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.147
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.495
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 8.318
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.581
When I enable persistence 12.349
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.233
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 7.971
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.806
When I try to enable persistence 1.301
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.271
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.355
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.244
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.177
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 7.806
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.083
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.966
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 6.957
And all notifications have disappeared 7.868
# 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" 0.138
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.080
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.171
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.044
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 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.944
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 7.720
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.051
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.242
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.377
When I log in to a new session 6.721
And all notifications have disappeared 7.684
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.050
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000