Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 61 30 Sep 2026, 15:08

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 162 1 0 0 0 163 20 1 21 24:33.415 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.639
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 1:21.171
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.145
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.331
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.966
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 9.132
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.746
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
And persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.922
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 9.370
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.422
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.451
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.098
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.554
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.670
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.188
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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31.420
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 8.458
And the system is very low on memory 4.512
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.219
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.540
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.590
And I free up some memory 0.480
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.486
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.188
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 8.413
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.270
And all tps features are active 8.218
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.018
When I disable the first tps feature 2.433
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.944
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.026
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
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13.798
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 8.381
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.602
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.040
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.433
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.841
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 7.972
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.112
And I disable the first tps feature 2.634
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.002
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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43.033
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 8.076
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 8.503
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.220
When I write some files expected to persist 1.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.467
# 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" 12.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.699
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 7.985
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.435
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.295
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.328
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 11.880
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.359
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.095
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49.654
Scenario Creating persistence from the Welcome Screen
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.972
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.087
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.222
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.371
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
STDOUT:

STDERR:
Exception ignored in: <function Ponytail.__del__ at 0x7e4fedcc5440>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ponytail/ponytail.py", line 51, in __del__
    if (self.connected):
AttributeError: 'Ponytail' object has no attribute 'connected'

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:85:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:88:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:88:in `persistent_storage_frontend'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:92:in `persistent_storage_main_frame'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:377:in `/^I try to create a persistent partition( for Additional Software)?( using the wizard that was already open)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:355:in `/^I create a persistent partition( with the default settings)?( for Additional Software)?( using the wizard that was already open)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:100:in `Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open'
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.003 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating persistence from the Welcome Screen' (at time 02:37:47)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/61/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:47_Creating_persistence_from_the_Welcome_Screen.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/61/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:47_Creating_persistence_from_the_Welcome_Screen.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/61/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:47_Creating_persistence_from_the_Welcome_Screen.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/61/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:47_Creating_persistence_from_the_Welcome_Screen.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:15.738
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 25.197
When I enable persistence 24.979
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.614
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.494
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.442
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.326
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 6.677
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.634
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
When I cold reboot the computer 5.958
And the computer reboots Tails 34.314
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.259
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.237
Given I enable persistence 13.985
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.061
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.143
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.130
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:14.336
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 9.844
# 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 31.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.220
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.803
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.105
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38.871
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 8.257
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.669
Then persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.332
And all notifications have disappeared 8.501
When I delete the persistent partition 2.699
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.493
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 7.868
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.399
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.943
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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1:5.533
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 8.071
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.081
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.825
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.357
And all notifications have disappeared 8.711
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.203
And all tps features are enabled 10.808
And all tps features but the first one are active 12.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.325
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 1:56.397
And I enable persistence 29.820
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.048
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.687
And persistence is enabled 9.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.611
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 7.929
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.168
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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45.046
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 8.548
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.007
When I enable persistence 17.526
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.316
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 8.649
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.431
When I try to enable persistence 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.248
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.100
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.333
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.120
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.040
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 8.233
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.245
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.124
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.109
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 10.196
And all notifications have disappeared 8.757
# 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" 0.278
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.355
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.199
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.294
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.935
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 9.412
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.783
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.365
When I try to enable persistence 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.689
When I log in to a new session 9.341
And all notifications have disappeared 7.738
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.376
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000