Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 29 15 Jun 2026, 20:07

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 20:49.733 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.303
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.057
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.164
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.276
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.185
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 8.732
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.430
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
And persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.968
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.655
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.406
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.569
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.653
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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28.656
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 7.739
And the system is very low on memory 3.911
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.173
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.360
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.364
And I free up some memory 0.785
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.159
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.834
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 8.399
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 5.332
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.952
When I disable the first tps feature 2.522
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.870
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.856
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.495
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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12.634
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 7.354
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.460
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.929
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 7.487
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.482
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.780
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.559
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 7.458
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.766
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.914
When I write some files expected to persist 1.244
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.575
# 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" 11.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.886
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 7.409
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.634
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.588
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.659
And I capture all network traffic 0.020
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.939
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.357
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.051
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
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38.411
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 8.838
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.070
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.696
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.068
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 8.769
When I enable persistence 16.017
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.720
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.478
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.394
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.219
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.495
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.784
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
When I cold reboot the computer 6.467
And the computer reboots Tails 35.121
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.293
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.184
Given I enable persistence 10.666
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.248
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.876
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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2:6.698
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 8.447
# 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 26.359
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.580
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.524
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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37.333
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 8.217
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.430
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.624
And all notifications have disappeared 7.937
When I delete the persistent partition 2.688
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.727
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 7.983
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.559
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.905
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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47.537
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 8.126
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.105
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.383
And all notifications have disappeared 7.735
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.232
And all tps features are enabled 4.656
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:8.041
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.281
And I enable persistence 22.070
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.935
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.612
And persistence is enabled 5.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.448
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.081
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.795
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.588
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 8.398
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.424
When I enable persistence 10.542
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.136
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 7.774
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.533
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.276
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.268
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.135
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.157
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 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.427
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.023
And all notifications have disappeared 9.227
# 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" 0.107
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.387
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.182
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.544
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.626
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 7.942
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.013
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.292
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.643
When I log in to a new session 10.566
And all notifications have disappeared 8.585
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.758
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000