Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 4 05 Jun 2026, 08:11

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 20:45.697 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.613
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.078
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.316
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.343
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.427
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 9.085
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.527
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.905
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 logged in 8.550
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.235
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.786
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.627
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.193
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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30.486
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.327
And the system is very low on memory 3.815
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.148
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.000
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.172
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.398
And I free up some memory 0.785
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.789
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:29.828
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 enabled and logged in 8.573
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
And all tps features are active 1.175
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.136
When I disable the first tps feature 2.603
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.638
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.080
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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13.070
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 enabled and logged in 7.446
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.608
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 2.582
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.107
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 7.419
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.581
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.889
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
40.412
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 7.428
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.748
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.256
When I write some files expected to persist 1.585
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.673
# 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" 12.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:45.306
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 7.519
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.322
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.170
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.561
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.343
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.624
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.513
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.116
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.115
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41.245
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.414
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.107
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.872
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:47.442
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 8.072
When I enable persistence 12.623
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.803
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.821
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.372
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.272
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.567
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.219
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
When I cold reboot the computer 9.204
And the computer reboots Tails 36.595
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.300
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.212
Given I enable persistence 7.874
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.096
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.275
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.799
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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2:5.668
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 8.203
# 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 25.464
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.418
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.050
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
38.332
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.570
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.528
Then persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.806
And all notifications have disappeared 8.231
When I delete the persistent partition 2.730
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:22.645
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 7.493
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.581
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
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42.190
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 7.731
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.597
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.270
And all notifications have disappeared 7.912
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.280
And all tps features are enabled 1.097
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.701
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 30.038
And I enable persistence 21.034
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.244
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.634
And persistence is enabled 1.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.788
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 7.463
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.744
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.998
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 7.943
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.476
When I enable persistence 7.527
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.112
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.099
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 7.378
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.106
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.519
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.318
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.139
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.716
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 7.431
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.092
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.229
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I log in to a new session 11.777
And all notifications have disappeared 9.402
# 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" 0.280
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.466
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.211
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.431
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.711
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.801
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.763
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.390
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.473
When I log in to a new session 11.410
And all notifications have disappeared 8.367
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.437
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 2.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000