Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 4 31 May 2026, 19:52

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 19:24.070 Passed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
1:29.627
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.417
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.136
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.247
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.128
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.361
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.826
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.461
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.374
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.866
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.983
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.524
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.192
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
28.192
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.640
And the system is very low on memory 3.235
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.130
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.932
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.092
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.390
And I free up some memory 0.804
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.923
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.251
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.179
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.334
And all tps features are active 1.088
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.843
When I disable the first tps feature 2.488
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.038
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.029
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.969
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
12.576
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.308
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.436
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.628
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.091
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.483
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.854
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
36.973
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.047
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 9.735
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.167
When I write some files expected to persist 1.216
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.808
# 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" 11.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.153
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.131
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 8.381
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.744
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.440
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.703
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.382
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.103
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.053
Tags: @product
37.618
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.501
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.695
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
2:41.402
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.453
When I enable persistence 12.551
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.640
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.332
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.348
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.215
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.541
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.862
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
When I cold reboot the computer 6.066
And the computer reboots Tails 36.035
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.266
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.187
Given I enable persistence 6.759
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.247
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.513
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
2:3.246
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.671
# 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 26.230
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.618
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.211
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
36.306
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.463
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.997
Then persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.937
And all notifications have disappeared 7.831
When I delete the persistent partition 2.647
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.720
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.304
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.371
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.771
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product
38.990
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.318
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.136
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.678
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.975
And all notifications have disappeared 7.573
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.274
And all tps features are enabled 0.979
And all tps features but the first one are active 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.691
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
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 29.196
And I enable persistence 19.135
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.156
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.529
And persistence is enabled 1.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.100
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
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 7.030
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.568
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.193
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.640
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.129
When I enable persistence 6.671
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.477
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.494
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.867
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.204
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.264
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.194
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.743
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.248
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.316
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.882
And all notifications have disappeared 9.359
# 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" 0.126
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.383
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.219
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.584
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.229
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.449
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.335
When I try to enable persistence 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.774
When I log in to a new session 10.603
And all notifications have disappeared 8.070
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.331
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000