Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21742-tor-browser-15.0.21 1 31 Aug 2026, 16:22

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 25:42.694 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.374
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 1:19.810
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.450
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.255
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.227
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 8.807
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.606
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
And persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.211
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 9.190
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.401
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.111
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.573
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 5.585
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.093
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product
33.680
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 9.173
And the system is very low on memory 5.138
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.154
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.679
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 2.444
And I free up some memory 0.525
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.340
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:56.667
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 8.286
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.402
And all tps features are active 9.523
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.827
When I disable the first tps feature 2.475
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.870
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.692
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.725
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.906
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 8.193
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.574
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.114
When I enable the first tps feature 2.707
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.043
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.728
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 8.145
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.489
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.920
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.006
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 8.549
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.127
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.389
When I write some files expected to persist 1.157
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.513
# 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" 12.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.611
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 8.182
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.147
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.487
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.568
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.527
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.341
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
Tags: @product
41.403
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 8.407
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.084
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.895
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.195
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 8.954
When I enable persistence 23.446
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.596
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.456
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.415
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.179
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.446
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.165
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
When I cold reboot the computer 5.923
And the computer reboots Tails 33.335
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.323
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.198
Given I enable persistence 12.964
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.408
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.053
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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2:13.729
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 8.613
# 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 26.324
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.430
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.015
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
43.442
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 9.034
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.605
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.508
And all notifications have disappeared 9.078
When I delete the persistent partition 2.788
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.002
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 8.485
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.489
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.748
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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1:0.629
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 8.595
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.202
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.472
And all notifications have disappeared 7.928
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.248
And all tps features are enabled 8.406
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:13.024
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
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 3:24.987
And I enable persistence 29.468
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.653
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.606
And persistence is enabled 9.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.472
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 7.610
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.346
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.169
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 8.308
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.158
When I enable persistence 15.591
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.672
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.774
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.667
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.825
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.702
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.155
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.583
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 8.130
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.382
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.126
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 8.738
And all notifications have disappeared 6.176
# 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" 0.222
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.093
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.241
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.243
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.953
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.025
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.194
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.661
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.358
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.629
When I log in to a new session 9.419
And all notifications have disappeared 7.905
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.472
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000