Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21619-tor-browser-15.0.16 5 15 Jun 2026, 09:55

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 22:19.176 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.256
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.733
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.064
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.380
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.290
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 9.329
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.753
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
And persistence is disabled 0.142
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.280
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.044
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.520
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.756
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.227
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.286
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.196
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
30.685
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.895
And the system is very low on memory 4.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.142
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.522
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.151
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.469
And I free up some memory 0.990
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.384
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.062
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.760
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And all tps features are active 5.317
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.022
When I disable the first tps feature 2.491
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.809
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.874
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
13.700
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.307
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.077
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.066
When I enable the first tps feature 2.454
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.306
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.059
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.664
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.578
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.880
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
49.083
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.585
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.262
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.430
When I write some files expected to persist 1.560
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.971
# 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" 12.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.793
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 8.005
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 9.763
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.067
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.812
And I capture all network traffic 0.017
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.445
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.360
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.052
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075
Tags: @product
39.272
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.959
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.117
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.548
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.760
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.863
When I enable persistence 17.600
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.846
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.765
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.328
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.534
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.040
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 10.711
And the computer reboots Tails 37.400
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.302
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.193
Given I enable persistence 11.725
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.249
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.559
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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2:16.184
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 8.755
# 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 28.750
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.409
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.366
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
38.997
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.029
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.996
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.407
Then persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.142
And all notifications have disappeared 8.089
When I delete the persistent partition 2.898
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.163
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.612
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.803
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.454
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
50.547
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.052
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.756
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.713
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.832
And all notifications have disappeared 7.612
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.270
And all tps features are enabled 5.778
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.618
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 32.240
And I enable persistence 24.919
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.407
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.676
And persistence is enabled 6.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.887
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.413
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.951
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.692
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 9.063
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.939
When I enable persistence 11.357
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.070
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.043
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.172
When I try to enable persistence 1.314
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.533
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.324
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.166
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.741
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 8.401
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.085
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.423
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 12.611
And all notifications have disappeared 8.785
# 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" 0.310
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.118
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.174
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.616
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.781
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.990
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.904
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.371
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.412
When I log in to a new session 11.397
And all notifications have disappeared 8.275
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.492
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000