Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 3 30 May 2026, 19:47

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 19:28.621 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.646
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.718
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.880
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.223
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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28.357
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 8.511
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.632
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.235
And persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:31.131
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 8.222
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.261
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.937
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.397
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.927
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.176
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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27.883
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 7.179
And the system is very low on memory 3.474
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.240
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.701
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.123
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.341
And I free up some memory 0.841
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.932
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:24.258
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 8.005
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
And all tps features are active 1.094
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.071
When I disable the first tps feature 2.483
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.799
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.191
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042
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12.726
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 7.282
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.517
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.533
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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12.725
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 7.230
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.486
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.794
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
36.130
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 7.096
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 9.370
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.174
When I write some files expected to persist 1.169
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.664
# 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" 11.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:36.089
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 7.150
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.619
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.111
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.822
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.387
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.343
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.364
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.096
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048
Tags: @product
37.761
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.179
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.284
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:40.409
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 8.254
When I enable persistence 12.704
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.854
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.586
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.364
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.228
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.526
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.807
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
When I cold reboot the computer 6.047
And the computer reboots Tails 35.238
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.253
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.204
Given I enable persistence 6.940
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.225
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.822
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:3.861
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 7.881
# 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 26.637
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.491
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.408
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
36.722
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 7.766
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.116
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.998
And all notifications have disappeared 7.840
When I delete the persistent partition 2.621
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:15.177
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 7.612
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.235
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.027
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39.102
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 7.661
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.355
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.756
And all notifications have disappeared 7.842
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.253
And all tps features are enabled 0.957
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:2.729
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 29.931
And I enable persistence 20.678
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.086
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.530
And persistence is enabled 1.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.337
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 6.898
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.924
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.236
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 8.300
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.315
When I enable persistence 6.541
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.176
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 7.883
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.142
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.241
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.132
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.357
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.202
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.932
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 7.447
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.085
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.292
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I log in to a new session 10.592
And all notifications have disappeared 9.390
# 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" 0.117
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.379
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.163
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.246
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:335 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.225
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 7.424
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.394
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.330
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.616
When I log in to a new session 10.124
And all notifications have disappeared 8.206
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.289
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000