Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 28 15 May 2026, 14:25

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 22:37.919 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.615
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.605
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.957
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.299
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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32.211
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.428
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.093
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.337
And persistence is disabled 0.149
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.657
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.601
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.270
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.175
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.737
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.220
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product
31.304
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.475
And the system is very low on memory 5.508
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.225
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.170
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.171
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.393
And I free up some memory 0.906
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.404
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.293
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.652
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.350
And all tps features are active 1.275
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.036
When I disable the first tps feature 2.535
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.186
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.861
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.214
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.028
Tags: @product
13.651
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.634
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.109
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 3.063
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.507
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.810
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.205
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.578
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.855
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
39.852
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.249
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.898
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.229
When I write some files expected to persist 1.432
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.521
# 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" 12.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:41.181
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.297
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 9.583
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.110
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.837
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 11.662
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.347
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.059
Tags: @product
44.085
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.471
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.073
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:47.389
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.363
When I enable persistence 15.450
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.666
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.590
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.308
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.229
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.579
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.748
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.186
When I cold reboot the computer 8.977
And the computer reboots Tails 36.723
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.424
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.213
Given I enable persistence 7.058
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.318
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.336
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.029
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2:10.771
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.218
# 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 29.616
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.534
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.441
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.025
Tags: @product
39.479
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.616
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.938
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.493
And all notifications have disappeared 8.108
When I delete the persistent partition 2.848
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:17.361
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.562
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.079
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.733
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.739
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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42.470
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.538
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.965
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.379
And all notifications have disappeared 7.804
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.261
And all tps features are enabled 1.131
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:6.291
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 32.712
And I enable persistence 21.581
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.675
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.660
And persistence is enabled 1.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:8.876
Scenario LUKS backup header is restored if something goes wrong during upgrade
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
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 7.582
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 2:1.293
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:705:in `/^persistence is successfully enabled$/'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:723:in `/^I enable persistence( with the changed passphrase)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:733: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:335 4.967 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'LUKS backup header is restored if something goes wrong during upgrade' (at time 02:37:24)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak/28/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:24_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_7929-celluloid-flatpak/28/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:24_LUKS_backup_header_is_restored_if_something_goes_wrong_during_upgrade.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak/28/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:24_LUKS_backup_header_is_restored_if_something_goes_wrong_during_upgrade.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak/28/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:24_LUKS_backup_header_is_restored_if_something_goes_wrong_during_upgrade.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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25.717
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.587
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.421
When I enable persistence 6.795
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.988
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.715
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.634
When I try to enable persistence 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.092
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.310
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.621
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.169
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.465
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.645
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.859
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.394
And all notifications have disappeared 9.354
# 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" 0.247
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.391
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.183
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.235
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.446
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.787
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.565
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.327
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.208
When I log in to a new session 11.807
And all notifications have disappeared 8.680
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.927
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000