Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 35 22 Jun 2026, 19:59

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 20:54.063 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.729
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.518
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.172
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.238
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.681
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.590
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.287
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.255
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.483
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.546
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.261
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.288
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.698
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.268
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.224
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
27.992
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.396
And the system is very low on memory 3.486
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.155
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.604
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.354
And I free up some memory 0.816
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.033
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.636
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.049
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.374
And all tps features are active 5.351
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.501
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.905
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.672
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.876
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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12.614
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.182
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.522
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.083
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.063
When I enable the first tps feature 2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.710
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.111
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I disable the first tps feature 2.504
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.867
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.536
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.367
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 8.454
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.958
When I write some files expected to persist 1.096
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.824
# 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" 11.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.588
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 6.967
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.247
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.901
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.729
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.106
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.330
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.045
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product
36.292
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.489
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.070
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.300
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.117
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.487
When I enable persistence 16.632
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.542
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.430
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.301
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.255
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.556
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.595
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
When I cold reboot the computer 6.147
And the computer reboots Tails 34.767
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.243
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.182
Given I enable persistence 10.408
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.223
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.985
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:7.964
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.057
# 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 28.716
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.878
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.598
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.389
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.551
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.220
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.451
And all notifications have disappeared 7.912
When I delete the persistent partition 2.792
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.310
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.602
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.886
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.527
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
49.920
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.284
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 1.245
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.747
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.765
And all notifications have disappeared 7.869
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.423
And all tps features are enabled 4.570
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.786
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
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 28.900
And I enable persistence 21.874
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.279
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.562
And persistence is enabled 5.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.894
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.223
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.054
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.495
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.362
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.431
When I enable persistence 10.299
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.740
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.384
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.565
When I try to enable persistence 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.849
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.431
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.166
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.570
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.104
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.561
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 10.605
And all notifications have disappeared 8.879
# 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" 0.210
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.535
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.170
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.330
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.607
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.408
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.988
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.335
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.978
When I log in to a new session 10.030
And all notifications have disappeared 8.700
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.302
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000