Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6431 06 Jun 2026, 11:34

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 19:44.414 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.673
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.323
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.249
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.279
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.447
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.630
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.977
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
And persistence is disabled 0.116
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.844
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.689
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.386
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.845
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.510
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.953
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.233
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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28.172
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.472
And the system is very low on memory 3.399
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.171
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.741
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 2.385
And I free up some memory 0.922
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.927
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:33.755
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.091
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And all tps features are active 1.243
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.103
When I disable the first tps feature 2.550
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.266
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.386
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.315
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.644
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.315
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.458
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.068
When I enable the first tps feature 2.467
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.048
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.512
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.828
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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38.884
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.113
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.507
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.179
When I write some files expected to persist 1.172
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.467
# 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" 12.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:40.109
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.281
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.581
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.478
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.502
And I capture all network traffic 0.011
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.583
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.336
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.066
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43.800
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.549
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.073
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.503
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:49.619
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.220
When I enable persistence 14.653
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.806
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.491
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.302
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.533
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.191
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.203
When I cold reboot the computer 9.120
And the computer reboots Tails 37.026
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.258
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.181
Given I enable persistence 7.028
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.232
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.847
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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1:24.411
Scenario Changing the Persistent Storage passphrase
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.722
# 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 28.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.674
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 42.897
Known 
Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:448:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:235:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:130:in `Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase'
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 5.177 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Changing the Persistent Storage passphrase' (at time 02:29:22)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6431/artifact/build-artifacts/02:29:22_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6431/artifact/build-artifacts/02:29:22_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6431/artifact/build-artifacts/02:29:22_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6431/artifact/build-artifacts/02:29:22_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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37.938
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.038
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.413
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.668
And all notifications have disappeared 7.676
When I delete the persistent partition 2.705
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:19.109
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.586
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.552
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.672
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.027
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40.675
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.715
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.274
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.999
And all notifications have disappeared 7.837
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.264
And all tps features are enabled 1.131
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:4.412
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 30.822
And I enable persistence 20.200
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.750
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.595
And persistence is enabled 2.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.402
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.160
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.595
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.699
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.110
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.079
When I enable persistence 6.784
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.899
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.872
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.677
When I try to enable persistence 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.337
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.299
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.215
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.836
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.846
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.328
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.503
And all notifications have disappeared 8.788
# 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" 0.165
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.381
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.227
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.437
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.030
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.477
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.321
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.346
When I try to enable persistence 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.256
When I log in to a new session 10.649
And all notifications have disappeared 8.153
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.739
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000