Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21619-tor-browser-15.0.16 4 14 Jun 2026, 09:49

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 22:24.461 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.236
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.028
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.118
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.771
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.308
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.303
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.516
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.030
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.189
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.777
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.633
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.642
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.450
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.199
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
29.182
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.833
And the system is very low on memory 3.511
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.189
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.462
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.089
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.355
And I free up some memory 0.814
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.865
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.493
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.733
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.413
And all tps features are active 5.315
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.224
When I disable the first tps feature 2.590
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.342
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.941
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.476
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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14.087
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.612
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I disable the first tps feature 2.562
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.461
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.758
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.956
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.044
And I disable the first tps feature 2.702
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.942
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.335
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.647
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.738
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.207
When I write some files expected to persist 1.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.158
# 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" 12.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.226
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.852
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 9.986
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.160
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.772
And I capture all network traffic 0.021
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.657
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.374
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
Tags: @product
41.584
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.731
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.101
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.570
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:0.019
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.843
When I enable persistence 17.786
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.911
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.580
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.350
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.244
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.598
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.402
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.201
When I cold reboot the computer 11.249
And the computer reboots Tails 37.201
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.340
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.255
Given I enable persistence 11.363
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.279
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.179
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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2:15.361
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.590
# 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 27.814
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.247
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.369
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product
39.230
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.628
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.200
Then persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.000
And all notifications have disappeared 8.170
When I delete the persistent partition 2.731
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.450
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.040
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.645
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.654
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.844
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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51.426
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.032
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.312
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.630
And all notifications have disappeared 7.701
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.298
And all tps features are enabled 5.561
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.261
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.039
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 31.300
And I enable persistence 24.531
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.998
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.571
And persistence is enabled 5.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.471
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
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 7.538
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.396
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.478
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.487
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.774
When I enable persistence 11.041
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.094
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.154
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.202
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.439
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.392
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.140
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.689
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.293
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.254
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.835
And all notifications have disappeared 8.502
# 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" 0.152
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.120
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.365
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.942
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.579
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.489
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.736
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.426
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.800
When I log in to a new session 11.481
And all notifications have disappeared 8.921
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.783
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000