Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4547 13 Aug 2026, 18:52

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 23:31.622 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.644
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 1:23.037
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.649
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.247
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.076
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 8.740
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.144
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.229
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.329
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 8.921
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.804
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.565
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.364
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.205
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
30.808
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.675
And the system is very low on memory 4.847
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.272
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.605
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.115
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.406
And I free up some memory 0.540
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.288
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.947
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 8.814
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
And all tps features are active 8.414
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.842
When I disable the first tps feature 2.479
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.710
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.701
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
13.528
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 8.198
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.517
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.421
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.546
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 8.043
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.563
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.779
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.198
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.008
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 9.963
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.168
When I write some files expected to persist 1.250
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.667
# 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" 12.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.478
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 8.414
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 18.475
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.232
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.910
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 12.669
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.380
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
Tags: @product
40.045
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.432
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.106
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.759
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:53.962
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 8.568
When I enable persistence 23.234
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.637
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.513
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.382
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.379
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.489
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.179
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 6.106
And the computer reboots Tails 34.120
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.215
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.255
Given I enable persistence 14.566
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.328
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.637
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product
2:9.455
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 8.664
# 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 26.916
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.390
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.164
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
44.009
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 9.455
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.518
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.897
And all notifications have disappeared 9.023
When I delete the persistent partition 2.700
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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57.402
Scenario Dotfiles 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 8.375
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.372
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 43.588
Known 
Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:450:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:238:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:146:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.048 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Dotfiles persistence' (at time 02:40:33)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4547/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:33_Dotfiles_persistence.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4547/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:33_Dotfiles_persistence.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4547/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:33_Dotfiles_persistence.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4547/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:33_Dotfiles_persistence.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
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1:0.578
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 8.829
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.154
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.105
And all notifications have disappeared 8.478
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.326
And all tps features are enabled 8.604
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:47.666
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 2:3.091
And I enable persistence 27.309
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.313
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.499
And persistence is enabled 8.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.191
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 7.537
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.143
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.641
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 8.827
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.332
When I enable persistence 14.126
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.672
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 8.218
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.740
When I try to enable persistence 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.869
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.180
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.224
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.429
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 8.409
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.234
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 8.876
And all notifications have disappeared 7.605
# 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" 0.117
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.096
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.208
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.406
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.008
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 8.162
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.813
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.320
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.341
When I log in to a new session 8.682
And all notifications have disappeared 7.845
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.583
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000