Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_tor-browser-15.0.17 1 29 Jun 2026, 13:23

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 23:34.913 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.390
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.051
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.605
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.294
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.250
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 9.199
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.670
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
And persistence is disabled 0.122
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.273
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 8.945
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.321
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.658
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.012
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.863
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.233
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product
30.939
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 8.167
And the system is very low on memory 3.680
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.210
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.731
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.280
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.411
And I free up some memory 1.024
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.360
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.424
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 8.715
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.393
And all tps features are active 6.028
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.144
When I disable the first tps feature 2.529
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.943
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.884
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.617
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 7.538
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.099
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.253
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.183
When I disable the first tps feature 2.767
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.246
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 7.921
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 3.072
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.075
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
50.909
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.049
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 13.365
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.560
When I write some files expected to persist 1.386
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.661
# 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" 12.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.658
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 7.607
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 10.012
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.667
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.562
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 11.921
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.428
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.100
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
46.248
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.855
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.464
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:3.652
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 9.477
When I enable persistence 19.257
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.051
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.006
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.464
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.256
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.624
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.739
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.191
When I cold reboot the computer 6.485
And the computer reboots Tails 38.956
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.254
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.168
Given I enable persistence 12.392
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.239
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.851
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
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2:24.784
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 9.365
# 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 27.583
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.104
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:14.213
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
42.495
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 8.832
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.795
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.537
And all notifications have disappeared 8.589
When I delete the persistent partition 3.310
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.545
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 7.875
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.681
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.336
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069
Tags: @product
54.443
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 8.698
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.618
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.101
And all notifications have disappeared 8.096
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.403
And all tps features are enabled 5.759
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.317
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 34.260
And I enable persistence 26.739
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.649
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.569
And persistence is enabled 6.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.432
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 7.796
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.957
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.681
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 8.646
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.879
When I enable persistence 12.088
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.079
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.204
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 8.288
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.686
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.683
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.467
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.160
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.727
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.216
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.104
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.636
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I log in to a new session 13.158
And all notifications have disappeared 9.907
# 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" 0.177
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.567
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.212
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.475
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.671
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 8.008
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.213
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.371
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.996
When I log in to a new session 12.133
And all notifications have disappeared 8.949
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.998
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000