Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 120 03 Nov 2026, 21:14

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 22:30.480 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.417
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 1:16.884
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.376
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.399
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.546
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 8.535
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.628
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.238
And persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:55.338
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 35.265
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.239
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.403
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.946
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.150
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
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28.238
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 7.962
And the system is very low on memory 3.911
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.182
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.288
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.120
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.400
And I free up some memory 0.564
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.760
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.560
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 8.099
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
And all tps features are active 8.204
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.496
When I disable the first tps feature 2.473
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.429
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.379
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.069
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product
13.010
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 7.757
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.042
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.504
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.997
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 7.489
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I disable the first tps feature 2.482
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.818
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.718
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 7.591
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.518
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.363
When I write some files expected to persist 0.864
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.134
# 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" 11.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.132
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 7.698
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 8.173
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.101
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.242
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.960
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 10.278
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.405
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
Tags: @product
36.678
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 8.440
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.060
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.239
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.118
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 8.492
When I enable persistence 21.061
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.741
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.347
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.404
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.281
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.537
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.918
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
When I cold reboot the computer 5.707
And the computer reboots Tails 31.404
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.300
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.250
Given I enable persistence 12.039
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.285
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.963
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:4.633
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 7.913
# 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 28.828
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.141
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.563
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product
36.280
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 7.802
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.415
Then persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.846
And all notifications have disappeared 8.251
When I delete the persistent partition 2.629
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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51.761
Scenario Dotfiles persistence
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 enabled and logged in 7.471
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.287
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 38.952
Known 
Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:450:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:238:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:146:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.080 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Dotfiles persistence' (at time 02:48:12)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/120/artifact/build-artifacts/02:48:12_Dotfiles_persistence.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/120/artifact/build-artifacts/02:48:12_Dotfiles_persistence.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/120/artifact/build-artifacts/02:48:12_Dotfiles_persistence.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/120/artifact/build-artifacts/02:48:12_Dotfiles_persistence.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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52.776
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 7.682
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.149
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.254
And all notifications have disappeared 7.534
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.203
And all tps features are enabled 7.365
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.840
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 1:57.569
And I enable persistence 24.903
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.332
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.479
And persistence is enabled 7.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.305
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 7.353
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.410
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.473
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 8.203
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.359
When I enable persistence 12.331
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.614
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 7.749
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.509
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.497
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.131
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.172
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.210
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.328
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.706
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.128
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.433
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 0.024
When I log in to a new session 7.597
And all notifications have disappeared 8.003
# 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" 0.147
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.108
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.142
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.961
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.708
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 7.621
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.619
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.226
When I try to enable persistence 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.045
When I log in to a new session 7.996
And all notifications have disappeared 8.229
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.020
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000