Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 38 25 Jun 2026, 20:02

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 156 1 6 0 0 163 20 1 21 20:46.960 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.902
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 1:16.763
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.886
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.313
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.810
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 8.400
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.937
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.724
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 8.131
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.113
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.893
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.563
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.410
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.258
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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26.818
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 7.239
And the system is very low on memory 3.116
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.182
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.465
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.081
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.415
And I free up some memory 0.891
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.375
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.046
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 8.142
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.291
And all tps features are active 5.099
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.960
When I disable the first tps feature 2.468
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.719
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.733
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.033
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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12.824
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 7.376
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I disable the first tps feature 2.571
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.576
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 7.043
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.477
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.855
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.817
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 7.053
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 9.873
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.214
When I write some files expected to persist 1.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.874
# 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" 11.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.909
Scenario Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.138
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.093
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.409
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:27.113
can 
can not find any of the patterns ["TailsGreeter.png", "PlymouthGraphicsCardFailureMessage.png"] on the screen (FindFailed)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:248:in `rescue in wait_any'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:232:in `wait_any'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:446: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:88:in `Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
And I capture all network traffic 0.000
And the network is plugged 0.000
And Tor is ready 0.000
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.000
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.000
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.190 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection' (at time 02:25:16)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit/38/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:16_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit/38/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:16_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit/38/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:16_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit/38/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:16_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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36.879
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 8.353
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.130
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.766
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 8.250
When I enable persistence 17.474
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.663
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.297
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.300
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.233
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.460
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.195
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
When I cold reboot the computer 6.365
And the computer reboots Tails 36.060
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.274
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.168
Given I enable persistence 10.501
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.238
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.934
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:6.577
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 8.065
# 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 26.241
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.897
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.411
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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37.780
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 8.065
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.346
Then persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.465
And all notifications have disappeared 7.762
When I delete the persistent partition 2.642
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.046
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 7.900
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.084
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.814
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.039
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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49.315
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 7.648
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.908
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.234
And all notifications have disappeared 7.901
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.256
And all tps features are enabled 4.258
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:8.713
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 29.866
And I enable persistence 22.223
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.499
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.527
And persistence is enabled 5.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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25.601
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 6.778
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.341
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.264
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.113
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.114
When I enable persistence 10.724
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.695
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 7.694
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.346
When I try to enable persistence 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.814
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.400
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.140
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.116
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 7.483
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.351
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 10.692
And all notifications have disappeared 8.909
# 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" 0.125
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.095
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.164
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.280
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.773
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 8.049
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.632
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.372
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.369
When I log in to a new session 10.204
And all notifications have disappeared 7.999
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.276
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000