Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367 3 06 Aug 2026, 09:06

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 164 1 3 0 0 168 21 1 22 25:51.228 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.252
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 1:21.784
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.226
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.321
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.356
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 8.846
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.616
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.206
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.197
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 23.095
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.192
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.409
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.870
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.157
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
31.069
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 8.505
And the system is very low on memory 5.020
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.214
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.601
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.103
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.485
And I free up some memory 0.462
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.613
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:20.774
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 24.360
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.358
And all tps features are active 11.143
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.273
When I disable the first tps feature 2.532
Then all tps features but the first one are active 11.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.530
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.929
Then all tps features but the first one are active 13.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
13.818
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.270
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.669
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.062
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.061
When I enable the first tps feature 2.456
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.043
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.764
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.083
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.109
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 3.570
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.893
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
50.345
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 7.848
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.807
And I take note of which tps features are available 12.603
When I write some files expected to persist 1.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.247
# 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" 11.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.055
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 8.148
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.489
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.399
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.193
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 11.064
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.402
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
Tags: @product
40.921
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.285
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.143
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.681
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:2.675
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 8.925
When I enable persistence 26.805
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.530
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.304
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.404
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.310
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.603
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.313
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
When I cold reboot the computer 6.353
And the computer reboots Tails 33.826
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.245
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.245
Given I enable persistence 17.200
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.098
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.308
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.938
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:18.059
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 8.845
# 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 30.694
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.167
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.860
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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40.035
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 8.799
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.065
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.885
And all notifications have disappeared 8.228
When I delete the persistent partition 2.608
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.189
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 8.260
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.420
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.240
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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32.977
Scenario Dconf persistence
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 8.108
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 24.869
tails-dconf-monitor 
tails-dconf-monitor did not persist the change to 'KeyboardShortcuts (window manager)' (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1286:in `change_persisted_dconf_setting'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1310:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1309:in `each_key'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1309:in `/^I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature$/'
features/persistence.feature:151:in `When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature'
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 0.000
Then the persisted setting for every dconf feature is still set 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.780 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Dconf persistence' (at time 02:33:36)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367/3/artifact/build-artifacts/02:33:36_Dconf_persistence.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367/3/artifact/build-artifacts/02:33:36_Dconf_persistence.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367/3/artifact/build-artifacts/02:33:36_Dconf_persistence.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367/3/artifact/build-artifacts/02:33:36_Dconf_persistence.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:4.668
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 8.080
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.915
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.812
And all notifications have disappeared 8.092
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.306
And all tps features are enabled 11.310
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.413
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 2:0.845
And I enable persistence 30.421
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.364
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.551
And persistence is enabled 11.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.952
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 7.602
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.815
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.845
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 9.433
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.599
When I enable persistence 17.386
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 11.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.971
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 8.180
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.369
When I try to enable persistence 1.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.880
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.147
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.114
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.475
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 8.814
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.148
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.843
And all notifications have disappeared 7.549
# 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" 0.166
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.090
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.261
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.412
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.407
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 8.561
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.357
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.249
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.720
When I log in to a new session 8.000
And all notifications have disappeared 7.034
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.384
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000