Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 32 19 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 20:53.982 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.533
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 1:18.184
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.306
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.310
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.440
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 8.757
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.796
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.254
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.342
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.901
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.632
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.737
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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27.672
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 7.637
And the system is very low on memory 3.341
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.214
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.576
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 2.365
And I free up some memory 0.828
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.515
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.761
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 8.369
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.307
And all tps features are active 4.938
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.855
When I disable the first tps feature 2.472
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.718
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.923
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.748
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
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12.795
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
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I disable the first tps feature 2.575
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.411
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.788
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 7.199
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.477
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.939
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.062
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 7.303
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 8.452
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.959
When I write some files expected to persist 1.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.531
# 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" 11.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.385
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 7.316
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.388
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.149
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.622
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.037
And I capture all network traffic 0.015
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.338
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.354
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
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36.727
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.551
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.184
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 13.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.006
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 8.579
When I enable persistence 16.421
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.906
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.353
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.292
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.377
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.487
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.389
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
When I cold reboot the computer 5.015
And the computer reboots Tails 36.277
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.272
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.182
Given I enable persistence 10.748
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.214
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.124
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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2:11.138
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 8.647
# 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 26.251
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.132
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.277
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
Tags: @product
38.270
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 8.203
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.172
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.994
And all notifications have disappeared 7.862
When I delete the persistent partition 2.600
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.832
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 7.921
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.595
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.929
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product
47.914
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.375
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.874
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.884
And all notifications have disappeared 7.863
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.257
And all tps features are enabled 4.661
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:8.170
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.010
And I enable persistence 23.067
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.500
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.499
And persistence is enabled 5.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.136
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.137
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.418
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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33.023
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 8.514
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.573
When I enable persistence 10.210
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.034
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.432
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 7.892
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.992
When I try to enable persistence 1.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.626
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.487
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.196
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.006
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 7.541
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.041
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 10.570
And all notifications have disappeared 9.529
# 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" 0.287
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.378
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.161
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.346
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.628
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 7.798
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.892
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.306
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.794
When I log in to a new session 10.938
And all notifications have disappeared 9.213
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.802
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000