Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 33 20 Jun 2026, 20:09

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 21:16.025 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.540
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.199
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.210
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.301
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.226
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 8.910
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.622
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.231
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.995
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.758
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.363
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.541
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.878
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.175
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
28.643
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 logged in 7.666
And the system is very low on memory 4.133
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.248
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.608
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.154
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.354
And I free up some memory 0.874
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.554
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.423
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 8.311
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
And all tps features are active 4.960
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.823
When I disable the first tps feature 2.460
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.704
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.235
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.865
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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12.944
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 7.568
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.110
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.044
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.492
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.478
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 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.841
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 7.170
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.649
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.836
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.605
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 7.273
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.819
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.992
When I write some files expected to persist 1.097
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.580
# 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" 11.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.396
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.038
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.368
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.564
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.142
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.637
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.550
And I capture all network traffic 0.018
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.527
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
Tags: @product
39.963
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.509
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.173
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.362
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.461
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 8.809
When I enable persistence 16.881
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.357
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.430
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.305
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.245
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.517
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.092
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
When I cold reboot the computer 6.649
And the computer reboots Tails 37.906
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.381
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.196
Given I enable persistence 11.036
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.220
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.020
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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2:9.356
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 8.709
# 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 27.492
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.675
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.569
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
37.949
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.656
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.771
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.116
And all notifications have disappeared 8.139
When I delete the persistent partition 2.833
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.764
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 7.691
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.978
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.775
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
Tags: @product
49.318
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 8.525
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.072
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.425
And all notifications have disappeared 7.798
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.325
And all tps features are enabled 4.911
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.604
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.912
And I enable persistence 25.460
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.203
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.531
And persistence is enabled 5.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.923
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 7.344
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.043
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.354
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 8.129
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.993
When I enable persistence 10.481
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.296
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 7.798
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.027
When I try to enable persistence 1.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.443
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.392
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.149
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.032
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 7.485
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.062
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.415
And all notifications have disappeared 9.194
# 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" 0.122
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.074
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.146
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.333
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.383
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 7.625
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.707
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.349
When I try to enable persistence 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.292
When I log in to a new session 9.953
And all notifications have disappeared 8.856
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.493
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000