Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 52 10 Jul 2026, 20:05

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 20:52.979 Passed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
1:31.048
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 1:17.893
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.086
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.223
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.571
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 8.698
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.917
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.216
And persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.186
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 8.431
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.599
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When 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 1:2.595
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.164
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.242
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 7.282
And the system is very low on memory 3.332
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.128
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.553
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.263
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.422
And I free up some memory 0.818
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.401
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.291
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 8.124
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
And all tps features are active 5.324
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.942
When I disable the first tps feature 2.494
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.897
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.956
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.890
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
12.804
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 7.398
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.618
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.408
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.798
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 7.184
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
And I disable the first tps feature 2.555
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.899
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.528
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 7.314
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.963
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.383
When I write some files expected to persist 1.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.880
# 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" 11.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.327
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 7.182
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 8.283
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 6.830
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.837
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.434
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.391
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.123
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.090
Tags: @product
38.649
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 8.390
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.505
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:47.816
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 8.374
When I enable persistence 16.501
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.691
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.352
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.339
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.234
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.551
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.083
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
When I cold reboot the computer 6.084
And the computer reboots Tails 36.100
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.267
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.183
Given I enable persistence 10.185
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.212
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.274
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:6.661
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 8.195
# 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 27.400
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.831
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.339
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
37.419
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 8.213
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.826
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.532
And all notifications have disappeared 7.683
When I delete the persistent partition 2.727
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.394
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 7.552
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.751
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.780
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
48.296
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 8.305
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.337
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.043
And all notifications have disappeared 7.893
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.272
And all tps features are enabled 4.557
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.841
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 30.242
And I enable persistence 23.165
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.321
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.520
And persistence is enabled 5.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.614
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 7.151
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.938
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.459
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 8.099
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.738
When I enable persistence 9.994
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.599
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 7.583
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.174
When I try to enable persistence 1.349
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.101
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.297
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.080
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.150
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.256
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 7.389
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.083
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.750
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 11.564
And all notifications have disappeared 9.339
# 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" 0.145
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.369
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.164
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.269
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.170
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 7.741
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.705
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.304
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.146
When I log in to a new session 10.600
And all notifications have disappeared 8.488
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.312
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000