Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5730 23 Jun 2025, 11:42

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 151 1 5 0 0 157 20 1 21 57:13.824 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:45.135
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:46.465
And I update APT using apt 23.441
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 29.081
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 6.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.516
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.452
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 38.616
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.788
And persistence is disabled 0.627
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 25.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:39.129
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 24.488
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.389
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.153
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 40.301
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.428
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.894
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:10.351
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.994
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product
1:21.912
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 11.346
And the system is very low on memory 7.747
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 2.278
When I try to create a persistent partition 28.758
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 1.054
When I close the Persistent Storage app 5.251
And I free up some memory 3.890
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.210
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:52.369
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 17.820
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.879
And all tps features are active 2.580
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.018
When I disable the first tps feature 11.796
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.568
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.716
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:52.397
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
26.153
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 enabled and logged in 11.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.135
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.137
When I disable the first tps feature 10.350
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.237
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.272
When I enable the first tps feature 3.316
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.878
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 15.498
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.257
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 5.456
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 6.368
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.320
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 enabled and logged in 13.013
And the network is plugged 0.077
And Tor is ready 28.304
And I take note of which tps features are available 1.275
When I write some files expected to persist 3.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.168
# 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" 33.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:28.693
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.030
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 17.458
And the network is plugged 0.123
And Tor is ready 30.284
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.357
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.201
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:57.696
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.133
And Tor is ready 28.298
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.676
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.208
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
Tags: @product
1:26.855
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.443
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.577
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 33.308
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 37.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:3.405
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 20.391
When I enable persistence 58.090
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 16.020
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.061
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:4.020
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.386
When I cold reboot the computer 13.314
And the computer reboots Tails 1:16.407
Given I enable persistence 26.563
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.685
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.971
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 1.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product
5:36.562
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 31.856
# 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 1:2.001
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.390
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:7.990
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 37.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
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17.226
Scenario Deleting a Tails persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.307
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 5.919
<false> 
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:519:in `/^I log in to a new session(?: in ([^ ]*) \(([^ ]*)\))?( without activating the Persistent Storage)?( after having activated the Persistent Storage| expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:128:in `And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage'
Then persistence is disabled 0.000
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
And all notifications have disappeared 0.000
When I delete the persistent partition 0.000
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.329 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Deleting a Tails persistent partition' (at time 05:38:50)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5730/artifact/build-artifacts/05:38:50_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5730/artifact/build-artifacts/05:38:50_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5730/artifact/build-artifacts/05:38:50_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5730/artifact/build-artifacts/05:38:50_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:17.726
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.403
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.498
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.978
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:52.358
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:26.158
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 9.273
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.409
When I try to enable persistence 4.800
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 51.261
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 57.205
And all notifications have disappeared 10.944
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 7.105
And all tps features are enabled 2.588
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:21.091
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:27.272
And I enable persistence 43.947
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:4.354
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.140
And persistence is enabled 3.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.812
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
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 11.350
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 29.827
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.904
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.137
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.618
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.267
When I enable persistence 45.296
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.107
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.742
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.325
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.445
When I try to enable persistence 0.797
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 37.925
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 3.413
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.561
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.805
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.299
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:37.569
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.143
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.833
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.107
When I try to enable persistence 1.483
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 50.755
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.415
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.536
When I log in to a new session 42.826
And all notifications have disappeared 16.643
# 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" 0.400
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.873
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.495
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.106
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:4.659
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 10.663
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.413
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.479
When I try to enable persistence 0.396
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 49.262
When I log in to a new session 1:9.291
And all notifications have disappeared 6.655
Then the Tor Browser starts 31.279
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000