Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_tor-browser-15.0.17 3 29 Jun 2026, 19:40

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 20:54.329 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.718
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 1:17.021
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.624
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.812
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 8.382
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.140
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.445
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 8.168
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.265
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.133
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.286
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.384
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.904
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.192
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
27.814
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 7.404
And the system is very low on memory 3.492
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.192
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.384
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.391
And I free up some memory 0.758
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.655
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 8.440
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.344
And all tps features are active 4.836
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.840
When I disable the first tps feature 2.483
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.986
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.858
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.309
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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12.966
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 7.632
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.552
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.417
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.450
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 6.997
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.040
And I disable the first tps feature 2.481
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.827
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.798
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 7.161
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 8.465
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.207
When I write some files expected to persist 1.089
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.949
# 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" 11.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.514
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 7.168
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.220
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.171
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.496
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.596
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.271
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.361
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
Tags: @product
39.691
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 8.471
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 13.373
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.211
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.561
When I enable persistence 17.306
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.582
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.351
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.343
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.235
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.510
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.535
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.122
When I cold reboot the computer 10.164
And the computer reboots Tails 35.674
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.330
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.189
Given I enable persistence 10.441
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.230
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.423
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:7.368
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 8.105
# 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 27.948
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.442
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.250
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.407
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 7.957
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.614
Then persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.909
And all notifications have disappeared 7.752
When I delete the persistent partition 2.741
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.913
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 7.336
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.394
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.907
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
47.435
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 8.074
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.899
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.141
And all notifications have disappeared 7.631
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.218
And all tps features are enabled 4.457
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:8.521
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 30.307
And I enable persistence 22.922
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.608
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.580
And persistence is enabled 5.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.440
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 6.787
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.156
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.664
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 8.007
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.534
When I enable persistence 10.779
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.122
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 7.222
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.136
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.146
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.358
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.146
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.977
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 7.408
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.486
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 10.717
And all notifications have disappeared 9.193
# 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" 0.174
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.440
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.164
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 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.399
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 7.402
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.526
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.303
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.226
When I log in to a new session 10.727
And all notifications have disappeared 8.580
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.756
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000