Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21742-tor-browser-15.0.21 2 01 Sep 2026, 12:25

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 23:12.617 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.711
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.237
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.523
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.233
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.931
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.668
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.480
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.224
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.900
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.566
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.241
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.189
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.261
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.245
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
29.670
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.914
And the system is very low on memory 4.593
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.257
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.762
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.120
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.346
And I free up some memory 0.456
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.167
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:58.130
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 21.580
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.335
And all tps features are active 8.329
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.595
When I disable the first tps feature 2.466
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.810
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.319
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.029
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.894
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.536
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.539
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.438
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.277
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.777
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.106
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.528
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.752
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.798
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 9.486
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.520
When I write some files expected to persist 1.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.268
# 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" 11.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.804
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.580
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 9.625
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.331
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.587
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.948
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.372
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.081
Tags: @product
39.658
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.290
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.087
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.744
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.670
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.178
When I enable persistence 21.494
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.839
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.552
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.314
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.292
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.507
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.660
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
When I cold reboot the computer 5.950
And the computer reboots Tails 33.156
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.397
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.191
Given I enable persistence 13.573
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
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 6.905
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:5.045
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.226
# 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 26.656
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.500
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.859
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
39.745
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.453
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.683
Then persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.167
And all notifications have disappeared 8.453
When I delete the persistent partition 2.609
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.274
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.034
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.411
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.470
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
56.928
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.199
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.544
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.874
And all notifications have disappeared 8.157
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.231
And all tps features are enabled 7.453
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.104
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 1:58.845
And I enable persistence 26.908
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.564
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.636
And persistence is enabled 8.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.215
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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 7.381
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.324
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.746
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.501
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.641
When I enable persistence 15.249
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.740
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.247
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.524
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.993
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.210
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.098
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.971
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.274
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 0.034
When I log in to a new session 8.329
And all notifications have disappeared 9.223
# 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" 0.225
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.087
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.196
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.022
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.446
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.166
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.668
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.295
When I try to enable persistence 1.384
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.506
When I log in to a new session 7.741
And all notifications have disappeared 8.409
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.481
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000