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test_Tails_ISO_21523-21524-unsafe-browser-onionshare-no-dbus-access 3 21 Apr 2026, 20:17

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 23:8.743 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.651
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.032
And I update APT using apt 6.252
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.269
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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32.067
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 9.321
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.012
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
And persistence is disabled 0.137
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.925
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 logged in 9.519
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.108
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.281
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.421
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.116
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.818
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.275
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
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31.452
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 logged in 8.938
And the system is very low on memory 3.476
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.190
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.723
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.204
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.490
And I free up some memory 0.972
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.796
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:37.776
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.829
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.377
And all tps features are active 2.031
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.650
When I disable the first tps feature 3.122
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.367
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.314
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.707
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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14.478
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 8.030
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.091
When I disable the first tps feature 2.682
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.203
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.133
When I enable the first tps feature 3.024
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.094
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.720
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 7.914
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 2.657
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.956
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.449
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 8.395
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 17.287
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.268
When I write some files expected to persist 1.399
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.523
# 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" 12.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:51.904
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 8.522
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 18.796
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.795
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.681
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 42.307
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.412
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.087
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.073
Tags: @product
42.016
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.268
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 13.875
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:57.837
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 9.243
When I enable persistence 14.560
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.818
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.139
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.436
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.330
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.511
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.933
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
When I cold reboot the computer 10.595
And the computer reboots Tails 39.127
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.312
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.203
Given I enable persistence 7.766
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.083
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.310
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.136
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
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2:15.392
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 8.917
# 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 30.702
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.737
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.178
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product
41.587
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 8.239
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.893
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.802
And all notifications have disappeared 9.253
When I delete the persistent partition 2.927
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.267
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 8.133
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.628
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
45.630
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 8.399
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.791
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.605
And all notifications have disappeared 8.385
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.433
And all tps features are enabled 1.599
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.128
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 33.474
And I enable persistence 20.475
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.572
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.589
And persistence is enabled 2.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.983
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.006
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.403
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.232
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 8.546
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.134
When I enable persistence 8.540
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.256
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.031
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.856
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.694
When I try to enable persistence 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.585
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.367
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.174
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.112
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 8.624
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.205
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I log in to a new session 11.786
And all notifications have disappeared 8.886
# 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" 0.256
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.132
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.279
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.500
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.870
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 8.087
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.418
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.351
When I try to enable persistence 1.333
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.695
When I log in to a new session 11.711
And all notifications have disappeared 9.562
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.872
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000