Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 1 28 May 2026, 16:34

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 21:38.378 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.276
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.813
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.246
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.272
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.875
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.932
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.125
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And persistence is disabled 0.144
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.576
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.488
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.357
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.383
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.895
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.061
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.204
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
32.668
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.170
And the system is very low on memory 3.478
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.169
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.330
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.164
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.640
And I free up some memory 1.303
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.322
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.080
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.959
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.416
And all tps features are active 1.180
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.011
When I disable the first tps feature 2.535
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.431
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.376
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.948
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.047
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13.852
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.824
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 3.140
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.437
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.794
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.422
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.165
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 3.093
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.005
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
42.739
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.563
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.402
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.262
When I write some files expected to persist 1.546
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.956
# 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" 12.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:47.843
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.292
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 11.053
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 7.023
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.037
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.684
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.373
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.067
Tags: @product
44.307
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.036
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.447
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.302
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:54.236
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.877
When I enable persistence 15.634
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.981
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.946
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.359
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.334
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.776
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.248
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.185
When I cold reboot the computer 6.636
And the computer reboots Tails 39.215
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.429
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.275
Given I enable persistence 9.073
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.325
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.671
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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2:14.619
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.415
# 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 29.840
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.977
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.875
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product
41.071
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.365
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.302
Then persistence is disabled 0.171
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.491
And all notifications have disappeared 8.299
When I delete the persistent partition 3.042
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.918
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.261
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.030
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.292
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
Tags: @product
45.261
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.964
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.709
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.205
And all notifications have disappeared 8.108
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.435
And all tps features are enabled 1.265
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.360
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
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 32.630
And I enable persistence 21.695
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.741
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.613
And persistence is enabled 1.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.801
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.023
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.158
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.837
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.604
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.792
When I enable persistence 7.694
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.594
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.424
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.737
When I try to enable persistence 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.305
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.374
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.086
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.171
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.307
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.998
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.489
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.251
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I log in to a new session 12.465
And all notifications have disappeared 8.811
# 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" 0.239
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.210
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.281
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.450
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.353
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.973
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.017
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.510
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.409
When I log in to a new session 12.658
And all notifications have disappeared 8.888
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.766
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000