Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 15 06 Jun 2026, 19:53

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 19:26.058 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.315
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.930
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.323
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.288
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.409
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 8.462
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.068
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
And persistence is disabled 0.120
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:31.111
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 logged in 8.452
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.286
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.751
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.482
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.792
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.158
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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28.107
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 7.178
And the system is very low on memory 3.468
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.226
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.566
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.092
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.319
And I free up some memory 0.773
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.438
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:24.245
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 7.939
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
And all tps features are active 1.135
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.914
When I disable the first tps feature 2.442
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.246
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.929
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.241
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.825
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 7.390
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.512
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.132
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.721
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 7.183
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.479
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.892
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
36.606
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 7.202
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.723
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.185
When I write some files expected to persist 1.203
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.713
# 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" 11.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:37.798
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 7.133
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.588
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.839
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.590
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 11.926
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.414
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050
Tags: @product
36.742
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 8.319
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.109
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.279
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:37.712
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 8.283
When I enable persistence 12.288
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.531
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.273
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.280
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.260
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.496
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.392
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 6.047
And the computer reboots Tails 35.044
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.240
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.176
Given I enable persistence 6.803
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.249
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.954
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.040
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2:2.815
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 7.855
# 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 29.894
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.412
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.840
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
36.403
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 7.934
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.681
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.949
And all notifications have disappeared 7.801
When I delete the persistent partition 2.629
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.011
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 7.613
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.083
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.651
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.457
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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40.250
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 7.994
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.525
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.248
And all notifications have disappeared 7.946
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.256
And all tps features are enabled 0.982
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:0.437
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 30.377
And I enable persistence 18.153
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.962
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.519
And persistence is enabled 1.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.679
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 6.864
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.277
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.420
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 7.810
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.332
When I enable persistence 6.493
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.309
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 7.578
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.162
When I try to enable persistence 1.311
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.554
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.323
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.142
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.013
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 7.132
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.440
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 10.471
And all notifications have disappeared 8.461
# 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" 0.292
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.470
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.175
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.319
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.119
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 7.152
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.564
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.310
When I try to enable persistence 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.687
When I log in to a new session 9.225
And all notifications have disappeared 9.616
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.589
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000