Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4105 07 Dec 2025, 09:55

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 148 2 7 0 0 157 19 2 21 37:53.217 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:49.067
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:32.851
And I update APT using apt 8.515
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.376
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
44.467
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.486
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.178
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.324
And persistence is disabled 0.116
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:16.371
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 13.788
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.132
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.154
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.689
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.448
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.779
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.809
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
40.270
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 10.906
And the system is very low on memory 5.539
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.249
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.310
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.135
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.593
And I free up some memory 1.152
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.723
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:34.769
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.691
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.528
And all tps features are active 3.199
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.665
When I disable the first tps feature 3.237
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.258
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.335
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.043
Then all tps features but the first one are active 13.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 6.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product
29.574
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 19.606
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.118
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.132
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 6.808
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.064
When I enable the first tps feature 2.580
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.324
Scenario Deleting data of a Persistent Storage feature
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.292
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I disable the first tps feature 13.854
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:307:in `/^I (enable|disable) the first tps feature$/'
features/persistence.feature:68:in `And I disable the first tps feature'
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 0.000
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 6.012 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Deleting data of a Persistent Storage feature' (at time 02:55:47)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4105/artifact/build-artifacts/02:55:47_Deleting_data_of_a_Persistent_Storage_feature.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4105/artifact/build-artifacts/02:55:47_Deleting_data_of_a_Persistent_Storage_feature.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4105/artifact/build-artifacts/02:55:47_Deleting_data_of_a_Persistent_Storage_feature.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4105/artifact/build-artifacts/02:55:47_Deleting_data_of_a_Persistent_Storage_feature.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:58.358
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 23.648
And the network is plugged 11.051
And Tor is ready 32.243
And I take note of which tps features are available 1.537
When I write some files expected to persist 17.823
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.490
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 20.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:54.573
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.828
And the network is plugged 0.075
And Tor is ready 19.322
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.166
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 32.271
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:37.872
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 12.698
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.613
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.305
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.098
Tags: @product
1:6.560
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 20.440
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.191
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.727
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:44.080
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 14.700
When I enable persistence 27.955
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.429
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.624
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.329
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
When I cold reboot the computer 8.412
And the computer reboots Tails 48.024
Given I enable persistence 25.479
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.616
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.143
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product
2:46.077
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.552
# 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 31.548
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.394
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:23.494
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
53.799
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 12.536
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.129
Then persistence is disabled 0.164
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.447
And all notifications have disappeared 11.057
When I delete the persistent partition 3.019
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.487
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.217
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.203
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:29.742
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product
1:6.944
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 13.071
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.451
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.641
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.482
And all notifications have disappeared 10.218
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.478
And all tps features are enabled 2.471
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:12.383
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 6:15.000
And I enable persistence 36.707
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 17.523
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.651
And persistence is enabled 2.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.662
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 10.287
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.709
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.608
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 11.908
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 21.158
When I enable persistence 10.288
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.152
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.029
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.106
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.384
When I try to enable persistence 1.480
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.820
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.339
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.378
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.364
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.273
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:10.768
Scenario Manual filesystem repair fails
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.037
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.104
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.307
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I log in to a new session 15.271
And all notifications have disappeared 25.623
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
STDOUT:

STDERR:
Exception ignored in: <function Ponytail.__del__ at 0x7268783813a0>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ponytail/ponytail.py", line 51, in __del__
    if (self.connected):
AttributeError: 'Ponytail' object has no attribute 'connected'

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:85:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:712:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:712:in `/^all notifications have disappeared$/'
features/persistence.feature:192:in `And all notifications have disappeared'
# 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" 0.000
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.000
When I close the "whisperback" window 0.000
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.000
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.709 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Manual filesystem repair fails' (at time 03:23:00)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4105/artifact/build-artifacts/03:23:00_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4105/artifact/build-artifacts/03:23:00_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4105/artifact/build-artifacts/03:23:00_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4105/artifact/build-artifacts/03:23:00_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.911
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 11.065
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.505
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.521
When I try to enable persistence 1.396
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.103
When I log in to a new session 15.827
And all notifications have disappeared 9.048
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.361
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 2.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000