Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367 5 09 Aug 2026, 09:16

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 24:33.425 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:45.393
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 1:30.620
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.761
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.273
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.281
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 8.384
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.930
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.112
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 8.821
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.973
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 4.192
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.471
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.134
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 8.189
And the system is very low on memory 4.540
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.122
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.255
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.088
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.420
And I free up some memory 0.489
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.981
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.877
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 8.118
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.349
And all tps features are active 9.881
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.729
When I disable the first tps feature 2.423
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.327
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.012
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
13.246
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 8.055
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.431
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.030
When I enable the first tps feature 2.408
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.043
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.292
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 7.885
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.486
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.729
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.405
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 7.822
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 9.867
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.933
When I write some files expected to persist 1.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.369
# 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" 11.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.473
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 8.044
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 9.706
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.136
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.292
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.015
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.650
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.366
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
Tags: @product
40.204
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 8.680
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.071
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.980
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.655
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 8.478
When I enable persistence 25.703
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.125
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.350
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.243
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.145
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.469
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.156
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
When I cold reboot the computer 6.036
And the computer reboots Tails 33.715
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.192
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
Given I enable persistence 15.951
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
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 7.305
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:13.106
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 8.502
# 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 27.593
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.434
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.886
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
41.240
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 8.729
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.231
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.472
And all notifications have disappeared 8.865
When I delete the persistent partition 2.614
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.732
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 8.491
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.424
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.538
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
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33.026
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 8.329
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 24.697
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 4.706 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Dconf persistence' (at time 02:36:00)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367/5/artifact/build-artifacts/02:36:00_Dconf_persistence.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367/5/artifact/build-artifacts/02:36:00_Dconf_persistence.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367/5/artifact/build-artifacts/02:36:00_Dconf_persistence.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367/5/artifact/build-artifacts/02:36:00_Dconf_persistence.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:4.395
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 8.392
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.796
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.129
And all notifications have disappeared 8.516
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.235
And all tps features are enabled 11.566
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.649
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 1:55.970
And I enable persistence 29.576
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.546
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.558
And persistence is enabled 10.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.563
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 7.462
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.483
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.683
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 8.390
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.879
When I enable persistence 15.441
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.234
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 8.205
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.340
When I try to enable persistence 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.853
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.144
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.085
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.669
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 8.038
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.968
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 8.835
And all notifications have disappeared 6.971
# 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" 0.180
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.080
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.169
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.149
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.045
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 8.617
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.988
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.274
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.693
When I log in to a new session 7.784
And all notifications have disappeared 7.253
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.178
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000