Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21171-trixie-13.6 4 13 Jul 2026, 18:12

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 28:13.053 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.787
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 1:21.733
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.738
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.309
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.737
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 9.181
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.164
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.344
And persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.605
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 logged in 9.063
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.348
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.617
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.911
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.235
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.199
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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5:24.203
Scenario Creating a Persistent Storage when system is low on memory
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.879
And the system is very low on memory 4.103
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.704
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.100
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.430
And I free up some memory 0.991
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 5:3.821
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired
Last ignored exception was: Dogtail::Failure: The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [frame | Persistent Storage]: child with name='Personal Documents' roleName='label'
STDOUT:

STDERR:


./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:339:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `call_tree_api_method'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:276:in `child'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:361:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:78:in `block (2 levels) in try_for'
<internal:kernel>:187:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:66:in `block in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:65:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:360:in `block in <top (required)>' (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:360:in `/^I create a persistent partition( with the default settings)?( for Additional Software)?( using the wizard that was already open)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:38:in `And I create a persistent partition with the default settings'
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 9.543 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating a Persistent Storage when system is low on memory' (at time 02:34:47)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21171-trixie-13.6/4/artifact/build-artifacts/02:34:47_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage_when_system_is_low_on_memory.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21171-trixie-13.6/4/artifact/build-artifacts/02:34:47_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage_when_system_is_low_on_memory.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21171-trixie-13.6/4/artifact/build-artifacts/02:34:47_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage_when_system_is_low_on_memory.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.442
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.499
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.379
And all tps features are active 6.122
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.453
When I disable the first tps feature 2.633
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.271
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.118
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.312
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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13.393
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 7.809
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.640
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.075
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 2.481
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.435
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 8.250
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 3.087
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.906
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
49.145
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 7.761
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.261
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.420
When I write some files expected to persist 1.422
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.819
# 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" 13.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.249
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 7.766
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.227
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.168
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.651
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.223
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.493
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.417
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.135
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
41.825
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 8.927
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.110
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.375
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:5.535
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 9.260
When I enable persistence 22.838
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.900
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.191
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.427
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.280
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.567
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.145
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
When I cold reboot the computer 6.378
And the computer reboots Tails 37.588
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.460
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.259
Given I enable persistence 12.723
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.280
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.779
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:20.534
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 8.495
# 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 29.735
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.409
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:12.266
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
41.896
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 8.498
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.583
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.780
And all notifications have disappeared 8.763
When I delete the persistent partition 2.735
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.823
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.549
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.346
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.591
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
57.768
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 8.511
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.251
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.196
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.737
And all notifications have disappeared 8.817
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.355
And all tps features are enabled 7.275
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.582
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 32.108
And I enable persistence 27.986
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.174
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.641
And persistence is enabled 6.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.857
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 7.400
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.923
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.916
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 8.074
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.459
When I enable persistence 11.821
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.942
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 8.162
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.982
When I try to enable persistence 1.366
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.259
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.415
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.166
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.848
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 7.959
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.085
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.179
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.083
When I log in to a new session 12.930
And all notifications have disappeared 9.833
# 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" 0.202
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.698
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.220
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.449
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.520
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 8.069
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.858
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.339
When I try to enable persistence 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.905
When I log in to a new session 12.014
And all notifications have disappeared 9.552
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.847
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000