Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 9 02 Jun 2026, 20:07

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 19:41.557 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.477
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:15.849
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.517
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.231
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.985
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 8.480
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.412
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.246
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:30.377
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.400
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.871
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.522
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.938
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.236
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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28.336
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 7.349
And the system is very low on memory 3.400
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.180
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.507
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.136
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.385
And I free up some memory 0.803
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.514
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.922
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 8.249
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.307
And all tps features are active 1.205
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.948
When I disable the first tps feature 2.496
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.323
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.825
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.447
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.744
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 7.274
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 2.601
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.425
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.912
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.389
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.490
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.828
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
37.795
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 7.276
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.412
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.163
When I write some files expected to persist 1.093
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.035
# 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" 11.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:37.332
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 7.111
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.566
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.634
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.916
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 12.385
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.359
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.053
Tags: @product
37.609
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 8.272
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.085
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.656
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:46.297
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 8.444
When I enable persistence 13.471
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.795
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.357
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.296
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.304
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 5.363
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.647
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 6.185
And the computer reboots Tails 35.614
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.280
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.181
Given I enable persistence 6.916
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.228
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.829
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.020
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2:2.577
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 7.794
# 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 26.336
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.354
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.887
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
37.273
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 7.807
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.314
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.252
And all notifications have disappeared 7.705
When I delete the persistent partition 2.693
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:16.619
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 7.653
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.599
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.070
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
41.360
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 7.899
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.133
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.614
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.631
And all notifications have disappeared 7.578
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.257
And all tps features are enabled 1.128
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:1.546
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 29.699
And I enable persistence 19.827
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.845
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.635
And persistence is enabled 1.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.816
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 7.146
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.088
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.261
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 8.158
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.886
When I enable persistence 6.602
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.852
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 7.549
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.141
When I try to enable persistence 1.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.211
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.363
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.142
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.586
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 7.793
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.287
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.281
And all notifications have disappeared 8.910
# 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" 0.140
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.351
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.227
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.485
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.873
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.009
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 7.744
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.352
When I try to enable persistence 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.279
When I log in to a new session 9.660
And all notifications have disappeared 8.731
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.427
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000