Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 2 04 Jun 2026, 17:10

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 26:9.119 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.770
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 1:19.330
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.153
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.382
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.041
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.586
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.773
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.259
And persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.352
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.207
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.319
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.551
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.708
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.270
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
5:25.083
Scenario Creating a Persistent Storage when system is low on memory
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.624
And the system is very low on memory 3.484
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.902
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.152
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.552
And I free up some memory 1.972
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 5:4.223
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:353: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:352: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:352: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:335 8.448 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating a Persistent Storage when system is low on memory' (at time 02:31:34)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0/2/artifact/build-artifacts/02:31:34_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage_when_system_is_low_on_memory.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0/2/artifact/build-artifacts/02:31:34_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage_when_system_is_low_on_memory.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0/2/artifact/build-artifacts/02:31:34_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage_when_system_is_low_on_memory.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.357
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 enabled and logged in 8.735
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.305
And all tps features are active 1.437
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.279
When I disable the first tps feature 2.640
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.541
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.785
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.494
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
13.315
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.863
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.588
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.428
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.128
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 7.363
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I disable the first tps feature 2.558
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.980
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
45.144
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 7.718
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.377
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.201
When I write some files expected to persist 1.473
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.549
# 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" 12.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.534
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 7.412
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 10.487
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.946
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.362
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.610
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.384
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.051
Tags: @product
41.820
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 8.485
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.079
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.842
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
2:53.449
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 8.793
When I enable persistence 13.070
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.980
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.757
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.322
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.262
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.551
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.125
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
When I cold reboot the computer 10.766
And the computer reboots Tails 39.044
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.341
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.227
Given I enable persistence 7.587
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.103
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.244
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.927
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
2:14.164
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 8.189
# 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 28.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.762
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.079
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
40.490
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.534
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.187
Then persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.283
And all notifications have disappeared 8.150
When I delete the persistent partition 2.808
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.884
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 enabled and logged in 7.714
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.036
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.818
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
42.269
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.493
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.648
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.280
And all notifications have disappeared 8.126
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.245
And all tps features are enabled 1.051
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.532
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 34.285
And I enable persistence 20.431
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.262
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.604
And persistence is enabled 1.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.042
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 7.515
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.873
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.126
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 8.529
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.629
When I enable persistence 6.956
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.353
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 8.093
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.164
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.745
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.498
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.154
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.216
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 8.677
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.430
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 12.287
And all notifications have disappeared 9.936
# 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" 0.249
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.520
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.218
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.435
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.039
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 8.127
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.233
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.386
When I try to enable persistence 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.039
When I log in to a new session 10.822
And all notifications have disappeared 8.816
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.550
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000