Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 71 14 Aug 2026, 08:09

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 23:6.033 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.196
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.463
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.697
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.255
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.406
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 8.464
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.248
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.240
And persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.820
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 8.522
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.252
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.156
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.203
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.346
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.153
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product
31.120
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 8.355
And the system is very low on memory 5.531
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.204
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.163
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.112
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.392
And I free up some memory 0.515
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.794
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.452
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 8.175
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
And all tps features are active 8.555
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.613
When I disable the first tps feature 2.485
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.003
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.269
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.458
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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13.600
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 8.213
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.104
When I disable the first tps feature 2.565
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.418
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.569
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 34.075
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.503
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.829
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.763
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 7.554
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.610
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.781
When I write some files expected to persist 1.027
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.299
# 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" 11.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.728
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 7.636
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 8.786
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.294
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.812
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 12.345
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.444
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
Tags: @product
37.107
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 8.280
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.143
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.946
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:54.914
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 8.352
When I enable persistence 23.251
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.805
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.315
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.209
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.131
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 5.011
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.622
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
When I cold reboot the computer 6.139
And the computer reboots Tails 33.341
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.328
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.238
Given I enable persistence 12.874
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.306
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.612
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:4.402
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 8.527
# 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 27.625
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.354
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.977
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
38.596
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 7.966
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.751
Then persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.918
And all notifications have disappeared 8.944
When I delete the persistent partition 2.644
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.524
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 7.687
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.297
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.270
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
Tags: @product
55.347
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 7.924
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.525
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.612
And all notifications have disappeared 8.197
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.322
And all tps features are enabled 7.770
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:39.515
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 1:57.962
And I enable persistence 25.468
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.301
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.574
And persistence is enabled 8.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.749
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 7.528
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.752
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.908
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 7.896
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.282
When I enable persistence 13.682
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.377
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 7.732
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.095
When I try to enable persistence 1.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.497
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.096
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.149
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.103
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.066
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 7.765
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.084
When I try to enable persistence 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.046
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 7.860
And all notifications have disappeared 7.298
# 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" 0.165
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.090
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.187
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.134
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.863
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.001
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 7.986
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.525
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.324
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.588
When I log in to a new session 7.662
And all notifications have disappeared 7.629
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.107
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000