Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367 4 08 Aug 2026, 09:14

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 24:19.425 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.241
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 1:17.708
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.769
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.175
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.147
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 8.459
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.134
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.200
And persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.604
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 8.591
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.291
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.089
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.256
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.007
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.161
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
29.029
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 8.024
And the system is very low on memory 4.592
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.172
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.296
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.091
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.309
And I free up some memory 0.578
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.916
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.616
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 8.212
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.255
And all tps features are active 10.489
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.539
When I disable the first tps feature 2.561
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.183
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.662
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.845
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
13.219
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 7.875
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.041
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.029
When I enable the first tps feature 2.507
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.543
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 20.811
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.453
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.090
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.907
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 7.774
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 10.410
And I take note of which tps features are available 9.010
When I write some files expected to persist 1.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.295
# 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" 11.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.033
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 7.745
And the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 10.180
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.219
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.600
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 10.574
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.323
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069
Tags: @product
39.779
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 8.856
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.089
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.195
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 25.701
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.129
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.190
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.378
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.283
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.523
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.016
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
When I cold reboot the computer 6.056
And the computer reboots Tails 32.628
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.188
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.158
Given I enable persistence 15.025
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.147
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.503
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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2:20.684
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 21.323
# 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 27.889
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.943
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.742
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
Tags: @product
36.884
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 8.041
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.750
Then persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.592
And all notifications have disappeared 7.591
When I delete the persistent partition 2.589
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.224
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 7.990
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.286
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.713
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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32.510
Scenario Dconf persistence
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.822
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 24.687
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 4.670 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Dconf persistence' (at time 02:45:36)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367/4/artifact/build-artifacts/02:45:36_Dconf_persistence.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367/4/artifact/build-artifacts/02:45:36_Dconf_persistence.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367/4/artifact/build-artifacts/02:45:36_Dconf_persistence.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367/4/artifact/build-artifacts/02:45:36_Dconf_persistence.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:0.396
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 8.075
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.801
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.307
And all notifications have disappeared 8.177
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.199
And all tps features are enabled 9.468
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.136
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 2:0.516
And I enable persistence 28.888
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.422
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.459
And persistence is enabled 9.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.508
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 7.531
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.535
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.239
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 8.291
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.611
When I enable persistence 15.110
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.868
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 8.230
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.610
When I try to enable persistence 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.596
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.267
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.231
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.463
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 7.885
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.712
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.084
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 7.187
And all notifications have disappeared 8.053
# 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" 0.145
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.091
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.167
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.056
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.189
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.870
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.831
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.255
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.321
When I log in to a new session 7.621
And all notifications have disappeared 7.126
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.157
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000