Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 10 02 Jun 2026, 20:53

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 21:18.148 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.580
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 1:22.209
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.087
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.358
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.920
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 8.692
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.168
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:41.675
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.385
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.444
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.124
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.332
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.010
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.024
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.217
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.017
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29.889
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 7.864
And the system is very low on memory 3.409
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.160
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.725
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.096
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.632
And I free up some memory 1.128
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.824
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:35.189
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 9.008
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.377
And all tps features are active 1.653
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.259
When I disable the first tps feature 3.040
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.194
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.873
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.226
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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13.324
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 7.293
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I disable the first tps feature 2.714
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.183
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.133
When I enable the first tps feature 2.614
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.614
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 7.924
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I disable the first tps feature 2.473
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.991
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
44.030
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 7.811
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.738
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.349
When I write some files expected to persist 1.598
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.197
# 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" 13.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:43.820
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 7.738
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 10.025
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.185
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.060
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.494
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.704
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.390
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.054
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42.155
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.827
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.799
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:54.309
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.708
When I enable persistence 15.601
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.104
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.197
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.348
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.263
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.536
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.700
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
When I cold reboot the computer 6.534
And the computer reboots Tails 38.963
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.309
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.191
Given I enable persistence 8.339
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.239
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.852
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:11.938
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 8.697
# 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 28.980
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.664
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.371
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.024
Tags: @product
41.579
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.073
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.588
Then persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.352
And all notifications have disappeared 8.266
When I delete the persistent partition 2.727
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:21.365
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 enabled and logged in 8.099
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.861
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.052
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
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43.810
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 8.231
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.863
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.894
And all notifications have disappeared 7.790
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.336
And all tps features are enabled 1.164
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:7.747
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 33.203
And I enable persistence 20.782
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.318
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.605
And persistence is enabled 1.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.483
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 7.475
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.354
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.439
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 8.468
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.043
When I enable persistence 7.700
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.079
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.240
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.912
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.558
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.809
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.325
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.154
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.518
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.917
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.130
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.587
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I log in to a new session 12.034
And all notifications have disappeared 9.689
# 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" 0.262
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.510
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.190
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.973
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.515
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.100
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.901
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.466
When I try to enable persistence 1.370
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.427
When I log in to a new session 11.793
And all notifications have disappeared 9.495
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.184
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000