Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 36 23 Jun 2026, 19:59

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 20:40.811 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.470
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.511
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.888
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.253
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.527
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 8.433
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.751
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.253
And persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.555
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 8.591
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.356
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.151
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.734
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.309
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.191
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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28.361
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 7.251
And the system is very low on memory 3.956
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.153
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.454
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.116
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.608
And I free up some memory 0.826
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.925
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.345
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 7.996
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
And all tps features are active 5.040
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.113
When I disable the first tps feature 2.586
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.429
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.667
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.398
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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12.655
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 7.232
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 2.572
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.060
When I enable the first tps feature 2.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.423
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 6.979
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.496
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.785
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.108
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 7.227
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 9.666
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.853
When I write some files expected to persist 1.180
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.481
# 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" 11.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.284
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 7.138
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.964
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.153
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.504
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.380
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.317
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.428
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
Tags: @product
36.634
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 8.377
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.058
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.312
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 13.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.828
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 8.492
When I enable persistence 16.043
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.538
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.329
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.289
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.261
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.505
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.956
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.234
When I cold reboot the computer 6.077
And the computer reboots Tails 36.245
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.255
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.201
Given I enable persistence 10.272
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.242
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.660
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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2:8.781
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 8.216
# 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 26.016
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.764
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.403
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.486
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 8.497
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.789
Then persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.398
And all notifications have disappeared 7.775
When I delete the persistent partition 2.637
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.943
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 7.856
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.043
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.858
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.980
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
47.807
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 8.041
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.271
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.785
And all notifications have disappeared 8.017
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.258
And all tps features are enabled 4.963
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.893
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 30.168
And I enable persistence 21.763
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.202
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.573
And persistence is enabled 5.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.256
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.938
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.774
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.206
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 8.079
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.601
When I enable persistence 10.313
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.114
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 7.331
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.744
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.459
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.218
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.145
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
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 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.204
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.085
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.220
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 10.991
And all notifications have disappeared 8.512
# 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" 0.141
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.384
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.175
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.369
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.911
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 7.293
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.531
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.323
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.826
When I log in to a new session 10.510
And all notifications have disappeared 8.309
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.266
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000