Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 25 11 Jun 2026, 20:03

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 20:51.632 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.419
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.521
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.768
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.245
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.590
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.521
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.012
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.240
And persistence is disabled 0.134
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.535
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.641
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.660
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 7.124
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.412
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.199
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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28.459
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.774
And the system is very low on memory 3.436
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.163
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.411
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.083
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.326
And I free up some memory 0.793
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.417
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.194
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.365
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.327
And all tps features are active 5.037
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.070
When I disable the first tps feature 2.505
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.772
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.833
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.616
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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12.775
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.320
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.537
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.460
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.114
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.821
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.261
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 2.459
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.925
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.457
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.375
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 9.746
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.850
When I write some files expected to persist 1.192
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.572
# 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" 11.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.371
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.422
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.400
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.598
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.884
And I capture all network traffic 0.014
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 11.327
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.358
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076
Tags: @product
38.401
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.621
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.094
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.161
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.089
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.608
When I enable persistence 16.163
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.605
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.240
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.302
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.232
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.521
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.444
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 6.263
And the computer reboots Tails 36.619
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.266
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.194
Given I enable persistence 10.402
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.098
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.212
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.615
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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2:9.313
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.274
# 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 26.644
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.619
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.988
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
37.734
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.610
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.498
Then persistence is disabled 0.155
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.245
And all notifications have disappeared 8.014
When I delete the persistent partition 2.880
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.250
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.947
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.620
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.429
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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50.298
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.384
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.798
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.098
And all notifications have disappeared 7.824
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.268
And all tps features are enabled 4.593
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:9.094
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
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 30.965
And I enable persistence 22.802
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.843
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.531
And persistence is enabled 4.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.232
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
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 7.080
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.550
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.212
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.356
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.134
When I enable persistence 10.474
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.142
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.882
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.929
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.324
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.398
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.138
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.264
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.537
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.717
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.535
And all notifications have disappeared 9.076
# 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" 0.119
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.397
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.187
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.420
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.973
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.595
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.523
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.317
When I try to enable persistence 1.134
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.972
When I log in to a new session 9.617
And all notifications have disappeared 8.818
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.346
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000