Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6671 16 Sep 2026, 07:23

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 154 1 8 0 0 163 20 1 21 22:11.384 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.046
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 1:18.709
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.075
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.158
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.689
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 8.472
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.619
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.154
And persistence is disabled 0.070
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
53.444
Scenario Creating a Persistent Storage
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 53.444
Failed 
Failed to restore snapshot (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:53:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:36:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:220:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:59:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:36:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:220:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:59:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:36:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:220:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:59:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:36:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:220:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:226:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ without\ network\ from\ a\ USB\ drive\ without\ a\ persistent\ partition\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/persistence.feature:20:in `Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in'
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.000
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.000
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 0.000
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.000
When 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 persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.000
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.953 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating a Persistent Storage' (at time 02:19:33)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6671/artifact/build-artifacts/02:19:33_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6671/artifact/build-artifacts/02:19:33_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6671/artifact/build-artifacts/02:19:33_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6671/artifact/build-artifacts/02:19:33_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.414
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 21.315
And the system is very low on memory 4.120
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.182
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.653
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.096
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.304
And I free up some memory 0.403
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.296
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.043
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 21.223
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
And all tps features are active 7.762
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.475
When I disable the first tps feature 2.481
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.319
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.235
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.611
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
12.953
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 7.633
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.525
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.440
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.179
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 7.646
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.041
And I disable the first tps feature 2.483
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.908
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.985
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 7.692
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 9.209
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.747
When I write some files expected to persist 0.981
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.204
# 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" 11.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.487
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 7.537
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 7.983
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.272
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.818
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.176
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.356
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.081
Tags: @product
37.932
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.335
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.172
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:44.939
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 8.179
When I enable persistence 19.988
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.730
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.184
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.353
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.275
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.508
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.394
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
When I cold reboot the computer 5.844
And the computer reboots Tails 32.423
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.340
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.252
Given I enable persistence 12.551
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.054
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.132
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.484
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:14.584
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 21.215
# 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 26.931
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.162
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.312
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.227
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 8.257
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.340
Then persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.397
And all notifications have disappeared 8.357
When I delete the persistent partition 2.584
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.547
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 20.869
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.148
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
Tags: @product
54.335
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 8.368
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.630
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.104
And all notifications have disappeared 7.856
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.241
And all tps features are enabled 7.422
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:35.635
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 1:55.448
And I enable persistence 24.994
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.318
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.534
And persistence is enabled 7.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.984
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 7.314
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.193
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.928
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 8.317
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.087
When I enable persistence 12.339
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.513
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 7.992
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.729
When I try to enable persistence 1.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.635
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.244
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.209
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.639
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 7.793
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.743
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 7.321
And all notifications have disappeared 10.104
# 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" 0.105
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.255
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.979
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
36.869
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 8.107
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.091
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.230
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.996
When I log in to a new session 7.197
And all notifications have disappeared 6.277
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.073
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000