Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 48 05 Jul 2026, 20:10

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 21:37.827 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.811
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 1:19.415
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.271
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.256
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.006
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 8.289
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.645
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.241
And persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.714
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.504
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.332
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.616
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.743
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.105
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.222
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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30.092
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 7.428
And the system is very low on memory 3.891
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.207
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.512
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.141
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.505
And I free up some memory 0.894
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.463
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.634
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 8.139
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.352
And all tps features are active 5.640
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.184
When I disable the first tps feature 2.532
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.013
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.944
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.118
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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13.093
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 7.548
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.693
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.851
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 6.999
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.675
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.002
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.182
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 7.321
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.706
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.359
When I write some files expected to persist 1.224
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.350
# 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" 12.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.799
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 7.166
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.471
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.483
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.352
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.569
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.382
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
Tags: @product
42.129
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.040
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.498
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.795
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 8.950
When I enable persistence 18.850
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.023
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.996
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.327
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.230
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.595
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.715
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
When I cold reboot the computer 6.244
And the computer reboots Tails 37.273
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.236
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.219
Given I enable persistence 12.916
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.235
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.623
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:12.323
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 8.643
# 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 28.219
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.758
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.449
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
36.995
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 7.300
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.362
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.202
And all notifications have disappeared 7.878
When I delete the persistent partition 2.796
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.041
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 7.073
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.725
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.857
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
49.074
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 7.280
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.324
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.697
And all notifications have disappeared 8.460
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.292
And all tps features are enabled 4.768
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:11.444
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 30.342
And I enable persistence 23.628
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.160
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.639
And persistence is enabled 5.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.263
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 6.759
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.016
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.497
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 8.244
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.727
When I enable persistence 10.755
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.035
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.118
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 7.755
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.927
When I try to enable persistence 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.949
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.513
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.074
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.159
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.717
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 7.455
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.961
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.714
And all notifications have disappeared 10.133
# 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" 0.157
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.409
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.171
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.335
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.239
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 7.831
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.316
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.359
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.043
When I log in to a new session 10.629
And all notifications have disappeared 9.621
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.648
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000