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test_Tails_ISO_21523-21524-unsafe-browser-onionshare-no-dbus-access 1 20 Apr 2026, 20:50

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 25:26.733 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.123
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:26.050
And I update APT using apt 7.674
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.323
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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36.729
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.095
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.527
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.344
And persistence is disabled 0.155
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:6.660
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.485
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.629
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.163
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 33.904
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.586
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.542
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.992
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.293
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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34.793
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.787
And the system is very low on memory 4.962
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.147
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.406
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.117
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.510
And I free up some memory 0.973
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.356
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:46.830
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.291
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.620
And all tps features are active 1.601
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.385
When I disable the first tps feature 3.087
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.077
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.761
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.287
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060
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14.291
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.475
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.115
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.187
When I disable the first tps feature 2.681
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.493
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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14.329
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.067
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 3.060
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.977
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.834
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.881
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 22.395
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.313
When I write some files expected to persist 1.345
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.960
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 13.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:27.520
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.599
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 19.843
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.273
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.089
And I capture all network traffic 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 23.760
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.423
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066
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52.420
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.468
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.193
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 23.045
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:7.527
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 10.190
When I enable persistence 18.507
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.798
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.509
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.463
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.435
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.578
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.009
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 9.811
And the computer reboots Tails 41.818
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.381
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.374
Given I enable persistence 7.844
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.317
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.119
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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2:31.925
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.970
# 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 38.874
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.988
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.872
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
48.586
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.958
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.223
Then persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.145
And all notifications have disappeared 9.387
When I delete the persistent partition 3.313
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:36.535
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.241
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.130
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.724
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
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49.671
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.533
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.122
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.005
And all notifications have disappeared 8.392
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.379
And all tps features are enabled 1.535
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:25.351
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 38.900
And I enable persistence 30.946
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.005
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.621
And persistence is enabled 1.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.799
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.686
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.496
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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37.191
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.191
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 15.995
When I enable persistence 9.664
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.816
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.663
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.204
When I try to enable persistence 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.487
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.216
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.454
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.193
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.175
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.191
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.481
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 14.097
And all notifications have disappeared 10.201
# 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" 0.201
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.626
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.383
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.598
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.618
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.082
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.314
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.426
When I try to enable persistence 1.282
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.240
When I log in to a new session 12.354
And all notifications have disappeared 9.200
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.782
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000