Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 41 28 Jun 2026, 20:03

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 20:45.521 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.307
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 1:18.856
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.331
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 7.243
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.232
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.576
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.293
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.240
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.249
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 8.339
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.539
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.025
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.670
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
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27.855
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 7.401
And the system is very low on memory 3.376
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.162
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.658
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 2.350
And I free up some memory 0.894
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.863
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.405
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 8.194
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
And all tps features are active 5.395
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.841
When I disable the first tps feature 2.526
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.683
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.847
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.235
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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12.919
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.085
When I disable the first tps feature 2.542
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.059
When I enable the first tps feature 2.420
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.949
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 7.110
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.112
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.608
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.016
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.577
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 7.135
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.403
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.002
When I write some files expected to persist 1.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.987
# 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" 11.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.815
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 7.179
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 9.229
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.104
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.663
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.954
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.028
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.422
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
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38.230
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 8.380
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.056
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.348
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.748
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 8.489
When I enable persistence 18.661
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.729
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.255
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.320
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.244
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.550
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.557
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
When I cold reboot the computer 6.101
And the computer reboots Tails 35.576
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.236
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.189
Given I enable persistence 10.835
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.219
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.443
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:8.605
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 7.999
# 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 27.230
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.395
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.271
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product
35.777
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 7.316
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.806
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.833
And all notifications have disappeared 7.800
When I delete the persistent partition 2.605
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.776
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 7.403
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.079
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.389
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.699
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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46.907
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 7.453
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.437
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.982
And all notifications have disappeared 7.738
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.244
And all tps features are enabled 4.726
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:8.758
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 30.617
And I enable persistence 23.012
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.771
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.555
And persistence is enabled 4.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.030
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 7.012
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.466
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.560
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 7.289
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.629
When I enable persistence 10.560
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.102
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 7.352
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.608
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.489
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.219
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.169
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.211
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 7.296
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.666
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.879
And all notifications have disappeared 8.444
# 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" 0.185
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.085
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.176
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.277
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.501
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 7.245
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.561
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.370
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.977
When I log in to a new session 9.560
And all notifications have disappeared 8.589
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.263
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000