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test_Tails_ISO_21523-21524-unsafe-browser-onionshare-no-dbus-access 4 22 Apr 2026, 18:42

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 25:35.705 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:43.099
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:28.944
And I update APT using apt 6.480
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.516
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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58.054
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 8.850
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.881
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 19.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:5.557
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 8.951
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.643
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.108
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 35.212
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.404
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.902
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.204
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
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41.976
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 7.647
And the system is very low on memory 14.253
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.208
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.026
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.085
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.432
And I free up some memory 0.885
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.379
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.287
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 9.269
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.498
And all tps features are active 1.163
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.039
When I disable the first tps feature 2.795
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.259
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.490
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.420
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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13.210
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 7.691
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.119
When I disable the first tps feature 2.563
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.498
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.996
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 7.359
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.633
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.834
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.912
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 7.359
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 17.411
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.286
When I write some files expected to persist 1.226
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.604
# 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" 12.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:27.678
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 7.752
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 17.288
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.400
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.497
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 22.948
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.420
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.065
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51.599
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 8.941
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.876
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:59.847
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 8.905
When I enable persistence 20.456
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.392
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.630
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.366
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.301
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.545
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.496
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.203
When I cold reboot the computer 9.034
And the computer reboots Tails 38.832
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.381
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.259
Given I enable persistence 7.962
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.292
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.527
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:34.530
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 8.224
# 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 45.404
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.905
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.456
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product
44.890
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 8.026
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.478
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.380
And all notifications have disappeared 8.725
When I delete the persistent partition 2.753
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:40.665
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 8.637
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.692
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.050
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
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48.645
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.184
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.332
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.443
And all notifications have disappeared 8.406
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.387
And all tps features are enabled 1.357
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:15.863
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 38.661
And I enable persistence 23.590
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.250
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.570
And persistence is enabled 1.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.720
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
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 7.422
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.758
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.977
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 8.676
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 21.337
When I enable persistence 7.063
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.177
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 7.863
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 17.527
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.513
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.485
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.136
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.244
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 7.781
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.302
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 12.808
And all notifications have disappeared 9.424
# 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" 0.295
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.558
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.187
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.435
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:0.768
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.066
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 23.926
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.319
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.835
When I log in to a new session 12.330
And all notifications have disappeared 8.338
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.610
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000