Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21742-tor-browser-15.0.21 5 01 Sep 2026, 20:29

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 26:16.827 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.881
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 1:21.859
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.933
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.318
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.776
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 9.071
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.602
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.253
And persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.236
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.742
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.358
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.323
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.300
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.016
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.272
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
32.249
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 logged in 8.702
And the system is very low on memory 4.698
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.281
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.638
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.153
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.463
And I free up some memory 0.546
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.714
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:13.458
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 22.381
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.387
And all tps features are active 9.440
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.826
When I disable the first tps feature 2.439
Then all tps features but the first one are active 11.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.389
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.975
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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13.604
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.839
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.115
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.095
When I disable the first tps feature 2.655
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.064
When I enable the first tps feature 2.616
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.422
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 7.970
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.478
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.819
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
49.030
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.434
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 13.338
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.736
When I write some files expected to persist 1.111
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.609
# 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" 12.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.743
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 7.699
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.009
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.263
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.832
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 12.154
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.412
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.105
Tags: @product
41.113
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.729
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.129
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.049
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.674
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 8.959
When I enable persistence 23.759
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.034
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.687
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.211
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.308
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.632
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.953
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
When I cold reboot the computer 5.932
And the computer reboots Tails 35.034
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.356
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.284
Given I enable persistence 14.795
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.094
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.338
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.043
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:13.481
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 8.856
# 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 33.521
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.348
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.582
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
54.027
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 22.420
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.970
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.616
And all notifications have disappeared 7.448
When I delete the persistent partition 3.217
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.370
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 8.389
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.331
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.332
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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1:2.366
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.678
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.258
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.548
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.754
And all notifications have disappeared 8.586
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.294
And all tps features are enabled 8.348
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:13.633
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
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 3:22.871
And I enable persistence 31.111
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.903
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.517
And persistence is enabled 11.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.974
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 8.237
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.245
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.579
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 10.074
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.092
When I enable persistence 17.036
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 11.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.674
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 8.506
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.036
When I try to enable persistence 1.296
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.882
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.161
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.211
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.211
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 8.386
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.363
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.153
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 9.281
And all notifications have disappeared 7.803
# 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" 0.143
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.076
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.221
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.229
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.316
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 8.638
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.026
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.235
When I try to enable persistence 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.766
When I log in to a new session 8.134
And all notifications have disappeared 6.945
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 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000