Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 26 12 Jun 2026, 20:00

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 21:11.452 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.260
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.410
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.758
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.293
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.612
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.752
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.962
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.247
And persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.957
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.743
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.410
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 6.944
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.237
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.178
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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28.275
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 logged in 7.736
And the system is very low on memory 3.572
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.174
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.451
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.321
And I free up some memory 0.798
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.623
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 enabled and logged in 8.359
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
And all tps features are active 4.732
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.577
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.768
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.482
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.472
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
12.947
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 7.527
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.513
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.079
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.433
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.112
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.954
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.453
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.848
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.858
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 enabled and logged in 7.395
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.777
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.851
When I write some files expected to persist 1.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.980
# 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" 11.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.104
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 enabled and logged in 7.621
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.723
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.181
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.742
And I capture all network traffic 0.016
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.981
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.372
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.171
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.095
Tags: @product
40.341
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.778
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.062
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.045
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.170
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 8.782
When I enable persistence 17.578
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.621
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.204
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.285
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.270
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.489
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.061
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
When I cold reboot the computer 6.266
And the computer reboots Tails 35.483
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.254
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.166
Given I enable persistence 10.435
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.227
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.657
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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2:6.720
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 8.376
# 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 26.669
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.655
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.652
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
40.582
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.055
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.913
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.371
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.104
And all notifications have disappeared 8.009
When I delete the persistent partition 2.628
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.078
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 enabled and logged in 8.484
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.306
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.004
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
50.388
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.382
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.161
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.671
And all notifications have disappeared 7.900
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.263
And all tps features are enabled 5.070
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:11.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
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 32.302
And I enable persistence 22.881
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.624
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.795
And persistence is enabled 5.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.107
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.031
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 7.454
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.108
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.118
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.665
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.824
When I enable persistence 10.894
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.716
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.968
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.263
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.501
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.323
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.140
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.631
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 7.977
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.325
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.193
And all notifications have disappeared 9.549
# 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" 0.232
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.425
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.211
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.539
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.990
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 8.082
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.572
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.302
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.811
When I log in to a new session 10.776
And all notifications have disappeared 8.687
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.832
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000