Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 123 04 Nov 2026, 21:09

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 156 1 6 0 0 163 20 1 21 24:31.268 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:14.024
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:30.477
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.210
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.553
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.646
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 8.484
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.069
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.221
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.910
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 8.647
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.777
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.871
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.942
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.194
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
29.362
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 8.230
And the system is very low on memory 4.129
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.724
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.089
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.409
And I free up some memory 0.840
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.711
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.055
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 8.370
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
And all tps features are active 7.423
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.438
When I disable the first tps feature 2.419
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.008
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.307
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.861
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.485
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 persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I disable the first tps feature 2.561
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.411
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.476
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 7.959
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.526
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.829
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
1:13.872
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 7.579
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 42.378
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.052
When I write some files expected to persist 0.989
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.952
# 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" 11.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:3.600
Scenario Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection
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 7.945
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.403
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.236
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 39.864
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:88:in `Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
And I capture all network traffic 0.000
And the network is plugged 0.000
And Tor is ready 0.000
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.000
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.000
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.779 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection' (at time 02:47:35)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/123/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:35_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/123/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:35_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/123/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:35_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/123/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:35_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
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39.425
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 8.362
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.061
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.982
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:50.013
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 8.730
When I enable persistence 22.476
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.517
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.205
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.254
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.289
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.563
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.839
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 5.775
And the computer reboots Tails 32.383
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.404
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.225
Given I enable persistence 12.476
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.276
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.246
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:12.369
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 8.626
# 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 29.218
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.280
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.745
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
38.885
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 8.534
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.005
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.656
And all notifications have disappeared 8.738
When I delete the persistent partition 2.636
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.085
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 7.932
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.083
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.271
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.614
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
57.300
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 8.516
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.862
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.526
And all notifications have disappeared 8.334
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.290
And all tps features are enabled 8.219
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:18.369
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 2:31.962
And I enable persistence 28.654
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.426
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.592
And persistence is enabled 9.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.590
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 20.278
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.825
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.204
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 9.238
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.750
When I enable persistence 15.752
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.554
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.254
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.977
When I try to enable persistence 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.226
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.287
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.229
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.980
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.209
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.012
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.085
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 8.488
And all notifications have disappeared 7.599
# 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" 0.119
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.087
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.161
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.015
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.054
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 8.428
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.899
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.284
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.465
When I log in to a new session 7.995
And all notifications have disappeared 8.939
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.048
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000