Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21765-tor-browser-15.0.23 1 14 Sep 2026, 13:13

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 23:4.937 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.228
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 1:21.377
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.675
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.224
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.824
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 9.115
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.095
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.498
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 9.158
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.371
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.328
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.690
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.552
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.223
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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29.915
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 7.826
And the system is very low on memory 4.365
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.241
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.650
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.271
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.496
And I free up some memory 0.644
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.379
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.821
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 9.440
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.365
And all tps features are active 7.922
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.848
When I disable the first tps feature 2.776
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.850
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.327
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.522
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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14.165
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 8.298
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.106
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 3.007
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.424
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.885
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 7.984
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.643
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.100
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.805
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 8.020
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.401
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.291
When I write some files expected to persist 0.946
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.263
# 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" 11.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.720
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 7.877
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 10.832
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.345
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.619
And I capture all network traffic 0.011
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 12.288
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.333
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
Tags: @product
39.060
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 8.710
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.736
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.569
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 8.709
When I enable persistence 21.496
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.856
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.426
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.390
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.296
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.545
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.928
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
When I cold reboot the computer 6.086
And the computer reboots Tails 33.279
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.240
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.269
Given I enable persistence 12.520
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.334
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.846
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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2:3.371
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 8.191
# 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 27.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.409
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.460
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
38.952
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 8.050
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.845
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.202
And all notifications have disappeared 8.699
When I delete the persistent partition 2.752
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.655
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 7.685
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.228
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.474
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product
54.834
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 7.822
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.397
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.470
And all notifications have disappeared 7.296
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.279
And all tps features are enabled 7.916
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:40.544
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 1:57.441
And I enable persistence 25.409
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.144
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.527
And persistence is enabled 9.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.581
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 7.647
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.393
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.459
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 8.507
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.086
When I enable persistence 13.326
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.930
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.933
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.877
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.247
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.114
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.072
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.182
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.376
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 7.954
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.293
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.112
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 7.657
And all notifications have disappeared 6.673
# 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" 0.159
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.073
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.303
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.129
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.734
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 7.958
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.529
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.282
When I try to enable persistence 1.115
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.019
When I log in to a new session 8.271
And all notifications have disappeared 7.576
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.240
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000