Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 49 06 Jul 2026, 20:02

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 20:43.063 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.198
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 1:17.106
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.058
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.253
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.193
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 8.351
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.429
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.229
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.982
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 8.452
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.301
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.610
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 5.398
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.830
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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28.388
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 7.324
And the system is very low on memory 3.653
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.141
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.446
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.379
And I free up some memory 0.815
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.478
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.585
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 8.328
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
And all tps features are active 4.746
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.982
When I disable the first tps feature 2.490
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.968
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.671
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.311
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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12.826
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 7.582
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.478
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.412
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.781
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 7.209
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.533
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.877
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.014
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 6.997
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.684
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.718
When I write some files expected to persist 1.036
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.859
# 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" 11.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.208
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 7.062
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 9.757
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.465
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.132
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.022
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.363
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.120
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
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36.796
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.349
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.084
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.154
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.076
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.534
When I enable persistence 16.161
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.559
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.375
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.292
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.229
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.482
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.408
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
When I cold reboot the computer 6.113
And the computer reboots Tails 35.666
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.270
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.162
Given I enable persistence 10.742
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
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 9.461
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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2:8.423
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 7.921
# 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 26.201
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.422
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.193
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.214
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 7.429
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.261
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.356
And all notifications have disappeared 8.010
When I delete the persistent partition 2.707
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.077
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 7.676
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.040
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.879
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.245
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
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47.365
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 7.467
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.065
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.250
And all notifications have disappeared 7.855
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.255
And all tps features are enabled 4.546
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:8.503
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 29.756
And I enable persistence 23.689
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.106
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.596
And persistence is enabled 5.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.336
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 6.868
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.937
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.258
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 7.669
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.600
When I enable persistence 10.456
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.534
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 7.689
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.020
When I try to enable persistence 1.313
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.131
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.351
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.153
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.736
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 7.513
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.886
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.430
And all notifications have disappeared 8.923
# 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" 0.208
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.101
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.191
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.324
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.562
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 7.469
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.790
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.289
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.027
When I log in to a new session 10.696
And all notifications have disappeared 7.836
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.271
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000