Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21765-tor-browser-15.0.23 2 14 Sep 2026, 15:50

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 23:39.175 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.120
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 1:19.968
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.211
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.205
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.131
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 9.013
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.587
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.236
And persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.838
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 8.873
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.236
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.997
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.390
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.961
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.200
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
30.803
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 8.547
And the system is very low on memory 4.098
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.196
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.772
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.146
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.392
And I free up some memory 0.649
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.953
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.456
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 9.015
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
And all tps features are active 8.432
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.863
When I disable the first tps feature 2.611
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.967
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.510
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.597
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product
13.995
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.547
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.085
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.517
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.375
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 7.658
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I disable the first tps feature 2.643
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.890
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.653
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 7.840
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 8.726
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.079
When I write some files expected to persist 0.996
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.273
# 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" 11.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.967
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 7.665
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 9.865
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.240
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.616
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.835
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.354
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.087
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.120
Tags: @product
38.824
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 8.628
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.099
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.264
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.274
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 8.915
When I enable persistence 22.623
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.874
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.454
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.405
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.303
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.489
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.171
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 6.123
And the computer reboots Tails 34.776
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.333
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.283
Given I enable persistence 15.219
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.273
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.630
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
Tags: @product
2:8.979
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.661
# 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 29.440
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.388
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.246
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
39.863
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 8.711
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.880
Then persistence is disabled 0.070
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.121
And all notifications have disappeared 8.198
When I delete the persistent partition 2.655
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.878
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.277
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.393
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.912
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
59.509
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 10.045
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.901
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.645
And all notifications have disappeared 7.286
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.387
And all tps features are enabled 8.427
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:58.384
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 2:11.209
And I enable persistence 28.953
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.850
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.563
And persistence is enabled 8.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.597
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 8.227
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.869
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.513
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 8.574
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.789
When I enable persistence 15.244
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.937
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 8.632
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.716
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.978
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.103
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.276
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.255
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.030
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.409
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.388
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I log in to a new session 7.873
And all notifications have disappeared 8.262
# 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" 0.141
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.101
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.257
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.177
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.036
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.131
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.615
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.233
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.780
When I log in to a new session 7.393
And all notifications have disappeared 8.266
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.370
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000