Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6506 15 Jul 2026, 07:41

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 24:5.508 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.616
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.199
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.081
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.264
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.843
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 8.532
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.473
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.301
And persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.342
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.629
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.377
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.140
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.094
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.218
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.499
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.248
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
29.815
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 7.661
And the system is very low on memory 4.255
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.168
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.893
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.208
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.492
And I free up some memory 0.903
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.184
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.168
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 8.483
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And all tps features are active 5.698
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.152
When I disable the first tps feature 2.533
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.001
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.824
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.055
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product
13.422
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 7.992
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.575
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.419
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.965
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.161
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.653
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.979
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.676
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 7.190
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.295
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.167
When I write some files expected to persist 1.159
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.508
# 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" 12.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.552
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 7.137
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 11.402
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.815
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.885
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.564
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.377
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
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44.361
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 8.355
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.087
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.952
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.115
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 8.271
When I enable persistence 18.893
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.847
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.612
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.347
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.221
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.555
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.017
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 10.562
And the computer reboots Tails 37.645
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.277
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.210
Given I enable persistence 10.999
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.250
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.014
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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2:15.976
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 7.958
# 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 31.764
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.507
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.380
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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40.863
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.112
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.340
Then persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.760
And all notifications have disappeared 8.378
When I delete the persistent partition 2.803
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.718
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 7.690
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.780
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.986
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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52.984
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.815
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.347
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.327
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.387
And all notifications have disappeared 7.736
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.268
And all tps features are enabled 5.195
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.986
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 32.718
And I enable persistence 25.964
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.387
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.542
And persistence is enabled 5.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:8.369
Scenario LUKS backup header is restored if something goes wrong during upgrade
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.118
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 2:1.250
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:712:in `/^persistence is successfully enabled$/'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:730:in `/^I enable persistence( with the changed passphrase)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:740:in `/^I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade$/'
features/persistence.feature:169:in `And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade'
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.013 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'LUKS backup header is restored if something goes wrong during upgrade' (at time 02:45:38)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6506/artifact/build-artifacts/02:45:38_LUKS_backup_header_is_restored_if_something_goes_wrong_during_upgrade.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6506/artifact/build-artifacts/02:45:38_LUKS_backup_header_is_restored_if_something_goes_wrong_during_upgrade.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6506/artifact/build-artifacts/02:45:38_LUKS_backup_header_is_restored_if_something_goes_wrong_during_upgrade.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6506/artifact/build-artifacts/02:45:38_LUKS_backup_header_is_restored_if_something_goes_wrong_during_upgrade.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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35.697
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 8.123
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.928
When I enable persistence 11.298
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.795
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 7.808
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.407
When I try to enable persistence 1.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.308
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.347
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.095
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.166
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.193
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.080
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.735
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 10.935
And all notifications have disappeared 10.101
# 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" 0.181
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.432
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.172
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.418
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.042
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 7.784
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.130
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.346
When I try to enable persistence 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.394
When I log in to a new session 11.066
And all notifications have disappeared 8.912
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.332
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000