Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5732 24 Jun 2025, 12:08

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 151 2 4 0 0 157 19 2 21 1:1:10.559 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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4:6.797
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.023
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 3:2.883
And I update APT using apt 21.686
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 32.237
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 9.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.699
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 22.494
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 40.872
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.082
And persistence is disabled 0.375
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:15.382
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 27.321
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 3.256
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.202
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 42.837
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.699
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:40.320
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.630
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:18.935
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 18.848
And the system is very low on memory 4.342
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 4.816
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.911
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.361
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.626
And I free up some memory 1.862
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.881
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:16.415
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 20.643
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 4.347
And all tps features are active 6.247
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.728
When I disable the first tps feature 14.903
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.479
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:1.149
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
31.673
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 17.067
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.096
When I disable the first tps feature 6.800
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.946
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.373
When I enable the first tps feature 6.027
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.199
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 11.324
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.013
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.471
And I disable the first tps feature 8.722
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.612
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.382
Scenario Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.417
And the network is plugged 0.093
And Tor is ready 12.871
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/tor.rb:828:in `click_connect_to_tor'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:502:in `tca_configure'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:512:in `/^I configure a direct connection in the Tor Connection Assistant$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:653:in `/^I successfully configure Tor$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:607:in `/^Tor is ready$/'
features/persistence.feature:75:in `And Tor is ready'
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.000
When I write some files expected to persist 0.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
# 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" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 7.424 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition' (at time 05:23:00)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5732/artifact/build-artifacts/05:23:00_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5732/artifact/build-artifacts/05:23:00_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5732/artifact/build-artifacts/05:23:00_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5732/artifact/build-artifacts/05:23:00_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:17.953
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.493
And the network is plugged 0.405
And Tor is ready 25.333
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.264
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.384
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:0.231
And I capture all network traffic 0.098
And the network is plugged 1.827
And Tor is ready 25.956
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.591
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.119
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060
Tags: @product
1:45.380
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 27.946
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.158
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 36.669
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 39.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:47.292
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.084
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 18.049
When I enable persistence 1:9.889
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 16.273
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 48.813
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:7.471
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 4.150
When I cold reboot the computer 9.740
And the computer reboots Tails 1:30.215
Given I enable persistence 25.611
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.608
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 56.058
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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5:46.144
Scenario Changing the Persistent Storage passphrase
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 enabled and logged in 13.990
# 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 51.826
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.970
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:15.783
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 1:6.572
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:475:in `/^I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage( back to the original)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:124:in `And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original'
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 11.460 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Changing the Persistent Storage passphrase' (at time 05:41:55)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5732/artifact/build-artifacts/05:41:55_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5732/artifact/build-artifacts/05:41:55_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5732/artifact/build-artifacts/05:41:55_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5732/artifact/build-artifacts/05:41:55_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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1:42.142
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 29.385
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 34.014
Then persistence is disabled 0.190
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.361
And all notifications have disappeared 14.988
When I delete the persistent partition 13.307
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:44.561
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 12.406
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.209
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.000
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:15.900
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
2:55.400
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.213
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 0.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 58.727
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:13.544
And all notifications have disappeared 11.044
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.520
And all tps features are enabled 4.555
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:34.866
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 4:19.587
And I enable persistence 1:1.555
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:0.520
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.566
And persistence is enabled 10.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.678
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.781
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 29.564
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.466
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 16.481
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.084
When I enable persistence 53.736
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.185
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.089
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.052
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.743
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.782
When I try to enable persistence 1.473
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 43.041
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 6.723
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 5.064
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.877
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.227
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:11.952
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 17.340
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.182
When I try to enable persistence 0.427
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 53.464
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.088
When I log in to a new session 1:3.350
And all notifications have disappeared 15.875
# 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" 0.508
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.728
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.581
Then the Tor Browser starts 35.046
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 2.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:0.143
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 12.216
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.903
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.718
When I try to enable persistence 1.527
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 40.381
When I log in to a new session 1:10.510
And all notifications have disappeared 7.549
Then the Tor Browser starts 36.203
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000