Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6476 30 Jun 2026, 07:37

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 155 1 7 0 0 163 20 1 21 21:50.458 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.175
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 1:19.778
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.046
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.319
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.560
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 8.867
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.831
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
And persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.727
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 8.528
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.108
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.941
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
30.583
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.805
And the system is very low on memory 4.125
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.182
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.441
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.091
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.367
And I free up some memory 0.817
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.684
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.964
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 8.073
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.358
And all tps features are active 6.155
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.314
When I disable the first tps feature 2.626
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.763
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.143
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.745
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
13.079
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.587
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 2.601
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 2.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.961
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 7.081
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.155
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I disable the first tps feature 2.657
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.916
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.420
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 7.394
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.679
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.312
When I write some files expected to persist 1.237
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.478
# 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" 12.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.756
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 7.496
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 9.643
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.134
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.461
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.590
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.770
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.433
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069
Tags: @product
41.394
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.753
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.076
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.383
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:40.172
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.631
When I enable persistence 18.013
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.859
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.714
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.340
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.245
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.590
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.629
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.182
When I cold reboot the computer 10.488
And the computer reboots Tails 41.474
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/persistence.feature:114:in `And the computer reboots Tails'
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.000
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.000
Given I enable persistence 0.000
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.000
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.000
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 0.000
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.899 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 02:34:00)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6476/artifact/build-artifacts/02:34:00_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6476/artifact/build-artifacts/02:34:00_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6476/artifact/build-artifacts/02:34:00_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6476/artifact/build-artifacts/02:34:00_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:11.817
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.224
# 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 26.622
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.443
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.321
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.405
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 7.742
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.592
Then persistence is disabled 0.121
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.232
And all notifications have disappeared 7.467
When I delete the persistent partition 2.814
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.450
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 7.912
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.463
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.786
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
51.079
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 7.848
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.426
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.967
And all notifications have disappeared 7.634
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.252
And all tps features are enabled 5.050
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.008
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.930
And I enable persistence 25.918
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.227
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.560
And persistence is enabled 5.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.027
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 7.016
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.446
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.161
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 7.904
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.352
When I enable persistence 10.658
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.130
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 7.532
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.087
When I try to enable persistence 1.314
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.045
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.568
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.277
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.226
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 7.408
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.259
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.715
And all notifications have disappeared 9.559
# 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" 0.227
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.399
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.179
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.226
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.352
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 7.410
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.913
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.322
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.037
When I log in to a new session 11.671
And all notifications have disappeared 8.311
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.711
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000