Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 44 15 Jul 2026, 08:22

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 160 1 2 0 0 163 20 1 21 22:57.836 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.722
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.730
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.556
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.365
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.509
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 8.681
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.636
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.310
And persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.072
Scenario Creating a Persistent Storage
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.097
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.363
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.130
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.355
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.453
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 44.622
Known 
Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:450:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:238:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:26:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.000
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.094 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating a Persistent Storage' (at time 02:30:47)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0/44/artifact/build-artifacts/02:30:47_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0/44/artifact/build-artifacts/02:30:47_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0/44/artifact/build-artifacts/02:30:47_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0/44/artifact/build-artifacts/02:30:47_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
33.017
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 7.643
And the system is very low on memory 4.445
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.201
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.191
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.276
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.537
And I free up some memory 0.938
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.724
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.820
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 8.409
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.305
And all tps features are active 5.469
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.246
When I disable the first tps feature 3.106
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.375
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.533
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.231
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
13.677
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 7.699
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 3.027
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.083
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.711
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 6.989
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 2.583
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.940
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.095
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 7.540
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 14.431
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.637
When I write some files expected to persist 1.210
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.396
# 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" 12.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.316
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 7.033
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.855
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.424
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.762
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.461
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.433
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
Tags: @product
44.452
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.543
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 15.788
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:7.551
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.363
When I enable persistence 24.002
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.110
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.983
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.313
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.259
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.510
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.596
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
When I cold reboot the computer 9.046
And the computer reboots Tails 39.831
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.337
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.196
Given I enable persistence 12.040
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.091
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.276
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.281
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
2:16.452
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 8.749
# 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 27.634
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.538
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:11.569
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
42.650
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 8.892
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.521
Then persistence is disabled 0.149
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.644
And all notifications have disappeared 8.232
When I delete the persistent partition 2.784
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.384
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 8.389
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.774
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.941
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
54.717
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 8.526
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.558
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.327
And all notifications have disappeared 7.808
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.409
And all tps features are enabled 5.924
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.745
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 35.257
And I enable persistence 28.087
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.418
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.777
And persistence is enabled 6.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.401
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.239
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.489
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.922
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 8.846
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.283
When I enable persistence 11.663
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.192
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 8.054
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.932
When I try to enable persistence 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.559
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.740
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.168
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.806
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 7.894
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.115
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.595
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 12.267
And all notifications have disappeared 9.050
# 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" 0.279
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.447
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.368
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.540
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.614
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.810
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.582
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.372
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.132
When I log in to a new session 9.767
And all notifications have disappeared 8.898
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.021
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000