Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367 6 10 Aug 2026, 09:09

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 24:58.718 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.628
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.210
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.272
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.251
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.453
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 8.805
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.435
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.241
And persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.401
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 9.028
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.289
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.381
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.030
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.182
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
31.269
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 8.264
And the system is very low on memory 4.954
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.180
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.787
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.110
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.389
And I free up some memory 0.808
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.705
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:3.463
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 8.454
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
And all tps features are active 11.893
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.789
When I disable the first tps feature 2.453
Then all tps features but the first one are active 11.751
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.381
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.591
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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13.632
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 8.238
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.568
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.763
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 7.928
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.117
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I disable the first tps feature 2.603
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.993
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.817
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 7.960
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.415
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.040
When I write some files expected to persist 1.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.397
# 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" 12.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.339
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 7.671
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 11.948
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.352
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.325
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 12.324
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.379
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
Tags: @product
39.381
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 8.712
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.120
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.347
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.814
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 9.176
When I enable persistence 25.622
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.171
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.548
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.478
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.342
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.515
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.464
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.108
When I cold reboot the computer 5.967
And the computer reboots Tails 33.764
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.320
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.237
Given I enable persistence 16.514
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.090
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.287
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.081
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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2:12.438
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 8.616
# 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 31.299
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.133
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.807
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.936
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 8.096
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.104
Then persistence is disabled 0.066
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.771
And all notifications have disappeared 7.996
When I delete the persistent partition 2.657
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.308
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 8.147
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.238
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.689
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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33.134
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 8.369
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 24.764
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 4.617 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Dconf persistence' (at time 02:37:10)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367/6/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:10_Dconf_persistence.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367/6/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:10_Dconf_persistence.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367/6/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:10_Dconf_persistence.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367/6/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:10_Dconf_persistence.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:5.667
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 8.432
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.083
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.262
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.943
And all notifications have disappeared 8.185
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.210
And all tps features are enabled 11.043
And all tps features but the first one are active 11.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.231
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:1.553
And I enable persistence 30.330
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.190
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.076
And persistence is enabled 12.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.178
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.405
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.123
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.997
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 8.503
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.737
When I enable persistence 16.713
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 11.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.801
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 8.018
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.969
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.335
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.132
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.246
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.135
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.769
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 7.723
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.335
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.104
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 8.474
And all notifications have disappeared 7.106
# 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 0.209
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.360
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.268
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.289
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 7.857
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.935
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.205
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.539
When I log in to a new session 7.989
And all notifications have disappeared 7.614
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.131
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000