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test_Tails_ISO_21523-21524-unsafe-browser-onionshare-no-dbus-access 7 28 Apr 2026, 18:41

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 25:44.096 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:47.244
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 1:31.517
And I update APT using apt 7.832
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.645
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.608
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 8.920
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.052
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.251
And persistence is disabled 0.116
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 16.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:11.765
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.780
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.813
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.147
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 39.882
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.457
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.137
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.327
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.176
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071
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36.548
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.763
And the system is very low on memory 8.738
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.193
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.613
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.110
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.412
And I free up some memory 0.894
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.354
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:50.615
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 9.045
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.463
And all tps features are active 1.539
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.277
When I disable the first tps feature 2.666
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.386
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.896
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.975
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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13.326
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 7.942
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.449
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.494
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 7.574
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.156
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I disable the first tps feature 2.594
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.017
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.861
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 7.793
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 19.561
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.217
When I write some files expected to persist 1.511
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.997
# 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" 12.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:26.625
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 7.622
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 19.616
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.424
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.332
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.908
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.395
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060
Tags: @product
54.531
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.386
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.119
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.192
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:17.540
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 9.293
When I enable persistence 35.295
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.212
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.880
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.397
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.280
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.710
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.895
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
When I cold reboot the computer 10.538
And the computer reboots Tails 39.292
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.312
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.250
Given I enable persistence 7.420
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.242
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.150
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:26.502
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 8.852
# 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 37.303
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.670
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.573
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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1:0.178
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 9.075
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.333
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.760
And all notifications have disappeared 8.941
When I delete the persistent partition 2.653
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:31.563
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 8.122
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.960
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
47.962
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.888
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.727
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.941
And all notifications have disappeared 8.298
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.418
And all tps features are enabled 1.263
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:23.461
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 40.372
And I enable persistence 30.116
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.619
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.596
And persistence is enabled 1.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.960
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 7.583
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.848
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.223
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 7.982
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 15.525
When I enable persistence 6.836
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.379
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 8.187
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.655
When I try to enable persistence 1.273
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.270
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.431
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.191
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.950
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 8.547
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.756
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 0.039
When I log in to a new session 12.166
And all notifications have disappeared 9.113
# 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" 0.206
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.157
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.190
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.390
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.752
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 7.773
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.076
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.319
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.259
When I log in to a new session 12.688
And all notifications have disappeared 10.506
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.965
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000