Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21733-dont-confirm-shutdown-unless-inhibited 1 08 Sep 2026, 12:34

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 24:53.087 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.761
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 1:23.606
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.848
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.247
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.405
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 9.227
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.727
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.248
And persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.248
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.252
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.305
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.745
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.540
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.032
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.151
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075
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31.969
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 logged in 8.339
And the system is very low on memory 4.405
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.304
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.856
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.120
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.422
And I free up some memory 0.507
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.913
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:55.223
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.699
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
And all tps features are active 8.958
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.533
When I disable the first tps feature 2.616
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.306
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.877
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.992
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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14.823
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 enabled and logged in 9.243
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.668
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.062
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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14.266
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 enabled and logged in 8.122
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.790
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.113
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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47.645
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 7.944
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 13.229
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.209
When I write some files expected to persist 1.459
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.550
# 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" 12.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:11.989
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 35.279
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 9.729
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.433
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.209
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.581
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.352
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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55.079
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 21.949
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.107
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.916
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.776
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.043
When I enable persistence 24.394
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.680
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.716
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.296
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.291
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.676
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.699
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
When I cold reboot the computer 6.175
And the computer reboots Tails 34.463
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.325
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.239
Given I enable persistence 13.192
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.083
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.304
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.916
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:10.943
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 8.765
# 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 26.478
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.507
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.323
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
41.159
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 9.227
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.785
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.728
And all notifications have disappeared 8.374
When I delete the persistent partition 2.661
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.573
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.713
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.425
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.145
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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59.280
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 8.863
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.973
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.387
And all notifications have disappeared 8.021
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.293
And all tps features are enabled 8.419
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.341
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:6.776
And I enable persistence 28.531
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.130
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.594
And persistence is enabled 8.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.783
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 7.734
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.374
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.982
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 8.843
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.320
When I enable persistence 14.273
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.103
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 8.656
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.300
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.144
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.365
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.208
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.675
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 8.265
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.139
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I log in to a new session 8.475
And all notifications have disappeared 7.888
# 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" 0.165
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.111
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.196
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.114
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.054
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 8.391
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.453
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.362
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.717
When I log in to a new session 8.324
And all notifications have disappeared 7.328
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.348
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000