Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 1 04 Jun 2026, 17:08

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 21:43.053 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.113
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.430
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.358
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.320
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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31.561
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.365
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.689
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.242
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.459
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.507
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.346
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.144
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.644
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.652
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.688
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.297
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
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29.802
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.856
And the system is very low on memory 3.557
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.204
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.055
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.108
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.435
And I free up some memory 0.908
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.624
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.204
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.049
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
And all tps features are active 1.534
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.321
When I disable the first tps feature 2.574
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.368
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.231
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.455
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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12.970
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.416
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I disable the first tps feature 2.569
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.062
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.497
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.307
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.478
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.560
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.059
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
45.048
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.606
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 13.149
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.168
When I write some files expected to persist 1.382
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.528
# 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" 13.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:44.713
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.517
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.528
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.488
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.771
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.687
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.343
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.071
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41.433
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.963
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.109
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.922
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:52.904
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.185
When I enable persistence 13.519
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.867
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.889
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.370
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.563
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.718
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.179
When I cold reboot the computer 9.279
And the computer reboots Tails 38.198
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.291
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.191
Given I enable persistence 7.312
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.096
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.379
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.451
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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2:15.330
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.008
# 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 29.904
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.715
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.668
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product
41.593
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.037
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.679
Then persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.815
And all notifications have disappeared 8.609
When I delete the persistent partition 2.929
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.177
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.404
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.090
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.567
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.843
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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44.528
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.239
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.459
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.108
And all notifications have disappeared 7.708
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.284
And all tps features are enabled 2.048
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:7.158
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 32.216
And I enable persistence 20.845
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.780
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.604
And persistence is enabled 1.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
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 7.392
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.041
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
29.124
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.162
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.071
When I enable persistence 7.299
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.541
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.306
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.956
When I try to enable persistence 1.323
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.996
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.520
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.158
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.454
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.138
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.084
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.985
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 13.051
And all notifications have disappeared 9.833
# 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" 0.243
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.505
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.162
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.000
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.603
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.345
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.920
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.417
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.132
When I log in to a new session 12.023
And all notifications have disappeared 9.821
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.810
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:335 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000