Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 23 09 Jun 2026, 20:01

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 19:58.223 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.958
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 1:20.492
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.216
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.255
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.633
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 8.947
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.236
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.291
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:37.371
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 8.646
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.353
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.179
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.392
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.121
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.330
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.225
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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28.340
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 7.302
And the system is very low on memory 3.663
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.206
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.568
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.111
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.392
And I free up some memory 0.897
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.132
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.984
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 8.528
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
And all tps features are active 1.342
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.871
When I disable the first tps feature 2.597
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.270
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.214
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.768
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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13.190
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 7.499
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.125
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.176
When I disable the first tps feature 2.529
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.111
When I enable the first tps feature 2.508
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.815
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 7.288
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.534
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.831
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
40.706
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 7.434
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.677
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.188
When I write some files expected to persist 1.227
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.895
# 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" 12.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:44.805
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 7.658
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.410
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.149
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.007
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.843
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.420
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.054
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42.284
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 8.482
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.893
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:39.020
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 8.182
When I enable persistence 12.204
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.686
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.253
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.371
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.566
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.290
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 6.037
And the computer reboots Tails 35.446
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.227
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.163
Given I enable persistence 6.968
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.201
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.809
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:5.473
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 7.765
# 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 27.331
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.415
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.505
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
36.606
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 7.675
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.100
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.732
And all notifications have disappeared 8.038
When I delete the persistent partition 2.674
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.196
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 7.291
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.012
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.594
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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38.777
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 7.255
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.123
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.560
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.519
And all notifications have disappeared 8.013
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.236
And all tps features are enabled 1.029
And all tps features but the first one are active 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
59.288
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 28.530
And I enable persistence 18.483
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.153
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.567
And persistence is enabled 1.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
21.382
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 6.776
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.105
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.143
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 7.504
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.567
When I enable persistence 6.406
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.364
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 7.288
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.428
When I try to enable persistence 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.682
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.442
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.151
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.507
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 7.499
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.108
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 11.019
And all notifications have disappeared 8.839
# 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" 0.113
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.360
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.171
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.318
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.371
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 7.320
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.207
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.328
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.893
When I log in to a new session 10.160
And all notifications have disappeared 8.228
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.343
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000