Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 14 05 Jun 2026, 19:50

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 19:22.194 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:43.966
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:30.787
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.134
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.207
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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25.891
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 8.170
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.323
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:31.402
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 8.321
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.417
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.466
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.554
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.182
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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27.694
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.524
And the system is very low on memory 3.519
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.201
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.572
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.103
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.359
And I free up some memory 0.833
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.531
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:23.333
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 8.035
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
And all tps features are active 1.014
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.993
When I disable the first tps feature 2.445
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.648
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.612
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.019
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12.810
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 7.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.588
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.403
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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12.720
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 7.111
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.528
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.896
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
35.070
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 7.095
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.614
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.204
When I write some files expected to persist 1.094
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.341
# 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" 11.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:35.008
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 7.165
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 8.260
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.155
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.476
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.010
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.376
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.385
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.047
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36.158
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.335
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.120
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.191
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:39.647
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 8.345
When I enable persistence 12.399
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.891
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.369
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.269
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.194
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.498
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.220
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 6.269
And the computer reboots Tails 35.345
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.298
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.189
Given I enable persistence 7.002
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.219
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.786
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:1.548
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.694
# 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 26.502
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.389
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.169
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.094
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35.231
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 7.836
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.631
Then persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.147
And all notifications have disappeared 7.543
When I delete the persistent partition 2.652
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:15.459
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 7.424
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.466
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.286
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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39.020
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.175
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.776
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.860
And all notifications have disappeared 7.665
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.282
And all tps features are enabled 1.000
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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58.936
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 28.584
And I enable persistence 18.542
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.764
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.552
And persistence is enabled 1.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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22.332
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 6.935
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.785
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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24.323
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 7.668
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.421
When I enable persistence 6.450
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
21.777
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 7.275
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.889
When I try to enable persistence 1.313
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.528
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.474
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.155
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.879
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 7.127
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.120
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 10.254
And all notifications have disappeared 8.279
# 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" 0.166
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.085
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.217
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.350
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.981
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 7.216
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.080
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.291
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.607
When I log in to a new session 9.594
And all notifications have disappeared 8.809
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.341
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000