Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6005 12 Dec 2025, 20:39

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 150 2 5 0 0 157 19 2 21 41:0.786 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:42.967
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:27.246
And I update APT using apt 8.230
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.347
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
44.414
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 13.892
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.218
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.354
And persistence is disabled 0.125
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:34.248
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 logged in 14.653
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.366
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.150
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 30.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.601
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:35.597
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.581
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.084
Tags: @product
1:10.502
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.252
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 12.667
And the system is very low on memory 4.561
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.265
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.626
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.180
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.612
And I free up some memory 1.507
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 41.530
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.984
Scenario Booting Tails from a USB drive with an enabled persistent partition and reconfiguring it
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 24.610
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.550
And all tps features are active 12.910
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.238
When I disable the first tps feature 13.675
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:46:in `When I disable the first tps feature'
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 0.000
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 24.186 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive with an enabled persistent partition and reconfiguring it' (at time 02:48:07)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6005/artifact/build-artifacts/02:48:07_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_an_enabled_persistent_partition_and_reconfiguring_it.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6005/artifact/build-artifacts/02:48:07_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_an_enabled_persistent_partition_and_reconfiguring_it.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6005/artifact/build-artifacts/02:48:07_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_an_enabled_persistent_partition_and_reconfiguring_it.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6005/artifact/build-artifacts/02:48:07_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_an_enabled_persistent_partition_and_reconfiguring_it.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.117
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 13.020
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.216
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.194
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.114
When I disable the first tps feature 8.606
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.068
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.654
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
18.624
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 11.957
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I disable the first tps feature 3.227
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.184
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.904
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 11.445
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 21.688
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.736
When I write some files expected to persist 1.318
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.824
# 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" 20.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:33.857
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 16.488
And the network is plugged 0.074
And Tor is ready 21.636
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.183
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.484
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:29.919
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.069
And Tor is ready 12.544
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.741
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.484
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
Tags: @product
1:1.971
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.791
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.138
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.664
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:42.730
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 12.863
When I enable persistence 39.152
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.899
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 42.851
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.659
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.249
When I cold reboot the computer 7.585
And the computer reboots Tails 45.566
Given I enable persistence 14.600
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.599
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.523
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
2:43.026
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 20.141
# 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 30.810
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.151
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:20.282
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:17.230
Scenario Deleting a Tails persistent partition
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 14.202
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.641
Then persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.840
And all notifications have disappeared 12.949
When I delete the persistent partition 14.481
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [frame | Persistent Storage]: child with name='The Persistent Storage was successfully deleted.' roleName='label'
STDOUT:

STDERR:

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:339:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `call_tree_api_method'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:276:in `child'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1175:in `/^I delete the persistent partition$/'
features/persistence.feature:132:in `When I delete the persistent partition'
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 7.100 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Deleting a Tails persistent partition' (at time 03:01:51)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6005/artifact/build-artifacts/03:01:51_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6005/artifact/build-artifacts/03:01:51_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6005/artifact/build-artifacts/03:01:51_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6005/artifact/build-artifacts/03:01:51_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:30.931
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 34.264
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 38.303
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.605
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product
1:48.778
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 10.175
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.160
When I try to enable persistence 1.492
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 38.435
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 37.951
And all notifications have disappeared 11.459
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 2.737
And all tps features are enabled 4.164
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
10:24.397
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 9:34.776
And I enable persistence 32.311
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.750
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.741
And persistence is enabled 2.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.125
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 9.829
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 27.411
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.508
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 10.752
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.133
When I enable persistence 12.675
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.083
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.352
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 10.279
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.413
When I try to enable persistence 1.418
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.064
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.301
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.690
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.101
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.641
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.105
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 10.245
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.101
When I try to enable persistence 1.332
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.397
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.316
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I log in to a new session 14.447
And all notifications have disappeared 11.662
# 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 0.993
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.445
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.316
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:3.005
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.267
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.355
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.384
When I try to enable persistence 1.406
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.501
When I log in to a new session 13.981
And all notifications have disappeared 12.238
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.618
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000