Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_19913-remove-useless-udevadm-settle 2 11 Aug 2026, 12:08

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 23:48.062 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.557
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 1:25.818
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.743
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.250
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.479
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 8.455
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.114
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.243
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.979
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 8.991
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.178
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.258
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.894
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.160
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
32.324
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 8.634
And the system is very low on memory 5.006
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.249
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.445
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.128
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.346
And I free up some memory 0.601
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.856
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.328
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 9.023
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.362
And all tps features are active 8.756
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.555
When I disable the first tps feature 2.439
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.871
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.690
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.012
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
13.688
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 8.335
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I disable the first tps feature 2.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.413
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.426
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 7.874
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.506
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.877
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.004
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 7.867
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.469
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.547
When I write some files expected to persist 1.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.389
# 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" 11.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.982
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 8.123
And the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 9.159
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.104
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.416
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.192
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.258
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.460
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.098
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.136
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41.320
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 8.678
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.106
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.345
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.446
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 8.726
When I enable persistence 23.663
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.407
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.107
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.426
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.325
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.478
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.517
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
When I cold reboot the computer 6.220
And the computer reboots Tails 34.674
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.317
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.216
Given I enable persistence 13.762
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.286
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.981
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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2:14.803
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 8.479
# 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 30.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.876
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.595
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.916
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 8.914
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.574
Then persistence is disabled 0.140
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.702
And all notifications have disappeared 8.651
When I delete the persistent partition 2.664
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.722
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 8.793
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.432
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.199
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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54.107
Scenario Feature activation fails
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 54.107
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\ with\ a\ persistent\ partition\ and\ stopped\ at\ Tails\ Greeter's\ login\ screen$/'
features/persistence.feature:150:in `Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen'
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.000
When I try to enable persistence 0.000
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 0.000
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 0.000
And all notifications have disappeared 0.000
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 0.000
And all tps features are enabled 0.000
And all tps features but the first one are active 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.908 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Feature activation fails' (at time 02:38:21)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_19913-remove-useless-udevadm-settle/2/artifact/build-artifacts/02:38:21_Feature_activation_fails.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_19913-remove-useless-udevadm-settle/2/artifact/build-artifacts/02:38:21_Feature_activation_fails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_19913-remove-useless-udevadm-settle/2/artifact/build-artifacts/02:38:21_Feature_activation_fails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_19913-remove-useless-udevadm-settle/2/artifact/build-artifacts/02:38:21_Feature_activation_fails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.190
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
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 2:0.597
And I enable persistence 26.024
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.095
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.481
And persistence is enabled 7.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.717
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 7.535
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.720
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.298
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 8.486
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.487
When I enable persistence 13.642
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.463
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 21.210
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.273
When I try to enable persistence 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.882
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.100
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.110
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.220
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 8.337
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.856
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.126
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I log in to a new session 8.356
And all notifications have disappeared 6.837
# 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" 0.128
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.149
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.298
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.093
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.079
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 8.270
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.914
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.234
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.745
When I log in to a new session 7.180
And all notifications have disappeared 7.715
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.092
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000