Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 31 18 Jun 2026, 20:12

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 21:15.063 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.966
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.388
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.410
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.246
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.306
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 8.681
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.298
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
And persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.227
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 logged in 8.837
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.854
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.985
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.840
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.208
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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27.754
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.411
And the system is very low on memory 3.430
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.175
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.494
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.086
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.344
And I free up some memory 0.810
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.954
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.803
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 8.341
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.396
And all tps features are active 4.825
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.096
When I disable the first tps feature 2.524
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.909
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.917
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.013
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
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12.729
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 7.271
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 2.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.108
When I enable the first tps feature 2.497
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.773
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 7.282
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I disable the first tps feature 2.481
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.829
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.260
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 7.358
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 12.878
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.960
When I write some files expected to persist 1.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.678
# 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" 12.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.011
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.524
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 9.455
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.519
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.488
And I capture all network traffic 0.017
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.387
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.325
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
Tags: @product
39.517
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.853
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.059
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.477
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.248
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 8.721
When I enable persistence 15.966
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.926
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.297
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.351
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.265
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.561
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.876
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
When I cold reboot the computer 5.011
And the computer reboots Tails 36.085
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.252
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.174
Given I enable persistence 10.792
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.253
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.349
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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2:11.700
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 8.233
# 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 28.975
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.620
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.510
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
38.483
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 8.550
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.519
Then persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.082
And all notifications have disappeared 8.118
When I delete the persistent partition 2.778
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.185
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 7.885
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.136
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.781
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
49.863
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 8.251
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.880
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.258
And all notifications have disappeared 8.045
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.315
And all tps features are enabled 4.987
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.442
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 30.232
And I enable persistence 23.289
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.248
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.560
And persistence is enabled 5.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.112
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.107
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.477
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.822
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 8.770
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.468
When I enable persistence 11.167
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.212
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 7.897
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.391
When I try to enable persistence 1.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.185
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.221
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.159
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.326
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.792
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.002
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 0.029
When I log in to a new session 11.570
And all notifications have disappeared 8.671
# 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" 0.131
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.137
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.489
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.353
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.315
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 7.869
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.186
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.307
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.526
When I log in to a new session 11.672
And all notifications have disappeared 8.203
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.619
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000