Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 30 16 Jun 2026, 20:14

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 21:47.963 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.235
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.313
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.714
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.326
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.136
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 8.777
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.760
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.221
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.737
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.291
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.253
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 7.164
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.348
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.190
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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29.072
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.779
And the system is very low on memory 3.895
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.243
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.542
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.124
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.396
And I free up some memory 0.933
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.106
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.616
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.701
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.406
And all tps features are active 5.788
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.168
When I disable the first tps feature 2.520
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.145
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.302
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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13.292
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 enabled and logged in 7.881
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.109
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.486
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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14.228
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.097
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 3.045
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.876
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.385
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.793
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.247
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.060
When I write some files expected to persist 1.520
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.575
# 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" 12.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.979
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 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.120
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.470
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.748
And I capture all network traffic 0.021
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 11.270
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.428
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.082
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40.253
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 8.856
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.079
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.244
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.267
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 8.836
When I enable persistence 16.539
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.863
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.773
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.303
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" 4.551
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.821
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.196
When I cold reboot the computer 6.560
And the computer reboots Tails 36.919
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.245
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.190
Given I enable persistence 11.632
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.258
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.183
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
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2:12.619
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 8.687
# 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 28.581
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.285
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.577
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product
37.627
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.826
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.369
Then persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.176
And all notifications have disappeared 8.109
When I delete the persistent partition 2.713
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:25.136
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.015
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.466
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.297
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
50.238
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.054
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.012
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.955
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.028
And all notifications have disappeared 7.890
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.777
And all tps features are enabled 5.388
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:10.949
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
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 30.167
And I enable persistence 24.485
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.819
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.573
And persistence is enabled 5.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.751
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.288
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.939
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.116
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.679
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.717
When I enable persistence 10.479
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.962
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.043
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.620
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.919
When I try to enable persistence 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.458
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.369
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.135
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.604
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.449
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.048
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 10.804
And all notifications have disappeared 9.716
# 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" 0.146
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.461
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.161
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.443
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.748
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 7.662
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.826
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.293
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.045
When I log in to a new session 11.006
And all notifications have disappeared 9.247
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.500
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000