Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21582-stable-flatpak-project-on-jenkins 1 03 Sep 2026, 20:15

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 22:55.283 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.106
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 1:20.729
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.370
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.254
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.867
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 8.691
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.473
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.216
And persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.509
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 21.985
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.276
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.322
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.432
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 40.348
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 4.950 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating a Persistent Storage' (at time 02:24:03)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21582-stable-flatpak-project-on-jenkins/1/artifact/build-artifacts/02:24:03_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21582-stable-flatpak-project-on-jenkins/1/artifact/build-artifacts/02:24:03_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21582-stable-flatpak-project-on-jenkins/1/artifact/build-artifacts/02:24:03_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21582-stable-flatpak-project-on-jenkins/1/artifact/build-artifacts/02:24:03_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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29.435
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 8.041
And the system is very low on memory 4.567
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.221
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.552
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.095
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.424
And I free up some memory 0.533
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.939
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.585
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 8.344
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
And all tps features are active 8.292
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.584
When I disable the first tps feature 2.500
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.440
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.648
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.434
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
Tags: @product
13.496
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 8.173
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.432
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.043
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.633
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 8.037
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.548
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.877
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.968
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 7.820
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 9.846
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.622
When I write some files expected to persist 0.997
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.368
# 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" 11.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.677
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 7.694
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.020
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.475
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.233
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 10.514
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.410
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.048
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
Tags: @product
38.426
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.335
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.055
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.124
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:53.946
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 8.563
When I enable persistence 22.043
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.504
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.882
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.411
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.303
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.456
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.301
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 5.993
And the computer reboots Tails 33.713
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.195
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.119
Given I enable persistence 12.454
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.200
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.471
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:6.655
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 8.115
# 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 27.648
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.285
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.601
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
36.747
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 7.965
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.492
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.236
And all notifications have disappeared 7.335
When I delete the persistent partition 2.590
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.778
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 7.650
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.299
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.547
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
56.927
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 7.978
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.463
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.073
And all notifications have disappeared 8.165
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.231
And all tps features are enabled 8.045
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:51.055
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 2:4.705
And I enable persistence 29.173
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.379
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.482
And persistence is enabled 9.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.921
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 7.373
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.124
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.881
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 8.438
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.753
When I enable persistence 14.433
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.905
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 7.980
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.517
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.503
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.284
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.108
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.343
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 7.818
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.507
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 7.605
And all notifications have disappeared 7.637
# 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 0.069
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.150
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.073
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.411
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 7.804
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.139
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.246
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.124
When I log in to a new session 7.367
And all notifications have disappeared 6.653
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.101
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000