Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 75 18 Aug 2026, 08:03

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 23:21.117 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.982
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 1:18.342
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.625
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.241
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.690
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 8.886
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.493
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.183
And persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.971
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.354
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.350
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.935
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.691
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.262
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.162
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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29.330
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 8.151
And the system is very low on memory 4.634
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.163
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.733
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.161
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.335
And I free up some memory 0.431
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.625
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.474
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 8.435
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
And all tps features are active 8.164
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.793
When I disable the first tps feature 2.476
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.121
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.841
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.567
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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13.194
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 7.975
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.473
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.404
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.043
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.286
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 7.838
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I disable the first tps feature 2.489
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.753
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
55.214
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 20.811
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 9.989
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.887
When I write some files expected to persist 0.889
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.189
# 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" 11.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.823
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 7.795
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 9.558
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.083
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.363
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.727
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.713
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.360
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.051
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
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40.281
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.330
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.081
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.395
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.033
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 8.276
When I enable persistence 21.683
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.877
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.581
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.361
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.287
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.519
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.047
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
When I cold reboot the computer 5.820
And the computer reboots Tails 33.844
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.222
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.271
Given I enable persistence 13.468
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.057
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.136
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.343
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
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2:8.456
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 8.302
# 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 30.208
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.456
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.680
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.445
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 8.172
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.091
Then persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.985
And all notifications have disappeared 8.188
When I delete the persistent partition 2.657
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.975
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 8.231
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.500
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.933
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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1:9.407
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 20.885
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.742
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.462
And all notifications have disappeared 8.639
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.388
And all tps features are enabled 8.241
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:40.348
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 1:58.322
And I enable persistence 26.277
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.604
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.518
And persistence is enabled 7.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.649
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 7.616
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.548
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.714
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 7.801
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.449
When I enable persistence 13.887
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.448
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 8.103
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.418
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.650
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.240
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.083
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.665
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.729
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.936
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.535
And all notifications have disappeared 7.442
# 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" 0.264
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.088
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.224
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.127
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.721
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 7.980
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.032
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.300
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.461
When I log in to a new session 7.713
And all notifications have disappeared 8.003
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.187
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000