Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21757-update-electrum 1 31 Aug 2026, 14:24

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 161 1 1 0 0 163 20 1 21 23:50.937 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.853
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 1:16.194
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.741
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.275
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.935
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 8.062
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.687
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.209
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.300
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 21.512
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.240
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.445
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.919
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.890
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.139
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
29.850
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 8.241
And the system is very low on memory 4.910
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.203
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.080
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.122
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.340
And I free up some memory 0.680
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.233
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.210
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 7.997
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And all tps features are active 7.539
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.483
When I disable the first tps feature 2.532
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.262
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.491
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.399
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
13.098
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 7.647
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I disable the first tps feature 2.646
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.102
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 7.551
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.505
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.870
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.678
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 7.660
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 9.512
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.044
When I write some files expected to persist 0.961
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.446
# 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" 11.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.426
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.735
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 7.840
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.199
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.569
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.408
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.371
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.126
Tags: @product
35.813
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 8.304
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 11.597
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.278
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
When I enable persistence 21.098
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.746
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.558
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.278
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.184
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.587
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.781
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
When I cold reboot the computer 5.818
And the computer reboots Tails 32.127
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.350
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.178
Given I enable persistence 12.327
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.274
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.424
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:1.385
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 8.121
# 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 26.627
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.399
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.508
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.914
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 7.860
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.559
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.648
And all notifications have disappeared 7.888
When I delete the persistent partition 2.621
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.826
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 7.817
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.042
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.607
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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53.394
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 7.688
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.366
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.808
And all notifications have disappeared 8.175
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.204
And all tps features are enabled 7.342
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.534
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 1:58.559
And I enable persistence 24.912
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.990
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.505
And persistence is enabled 7.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:8.552
Scenario LUKS backup header is restored if something goes wrong during upgrade
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.332
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 2:1.220
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired (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:712:in `/^persistence is successfully enabled$/'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:730:in `/^I enable persistence( with the changed passphrase)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:740:in `/^I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade$/'
features/persistence.feature:169:in `And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade'
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.736 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'LUKS backup header is restored if something goes wrong during upgrade' (at time 02:33:24)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21757-update-electrum/1/artifact/build-artifacts/02:33:24_LUKS_backup_header_is_restored_if_something_goes_wrong_during_upgrade.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21757-update-electrum/1/artifact/build-artifacts/02:33:24_LUKS_backup_header_is_restored_if_something_goes_wrong_during_upgrade.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21757-update-electrum/1/artifact/build-artifacts/02:33:24_LUKS_backup_header_is_restored_if_something_goes_wrong_during_upgrade.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21757-update-electrum/1/artifact/build-artifacts/02:33:24_LUKS_backup_header_is_restored_if_something_goes_wrong_during_upgrade.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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36.583
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 7.693
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.463
When I enable persistence 11.819
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.212
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.177
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 7.883
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.768
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.760
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.186
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.080
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.310
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 7.676
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.327
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 0.029
When I log in to a new session 7.881
And all notifications have disappeared 6.710
# 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" 0.129
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.078
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.160
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.102
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.708
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 7.708
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.971
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.361
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.612
When I log in to a new session 7.092
And all notifications have disappeared 8.884
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.052
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000