Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout 2 18 Aug 2026, 12:43

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 24:35.563 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:20.575
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 1:6.477
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.112
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.249
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.164
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 5.541
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.068
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.042
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 5.679
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.301
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.571
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.315
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.827
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
27.382
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 4.942
And the system is very low on memory 5.033
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.204
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.302
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.081
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.366
And I free up some memory 0.477
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.921
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.819
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 5.200
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
And all tps features are active 8.239
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.966
When I disable the first tps feature 2.559
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.244
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.333
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.557
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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10.376
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 4.793
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.108
When I disable the first tps feature 2.558
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.059
When I enable the first tps feature 2.457
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.115
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
9.970
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 4.454
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.109
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.562
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.741
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.306
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 4.383
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 9.787
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.313
When I write some files expected to persist 1.018
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.353
# 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" 11.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.682
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 4.358
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 9.333
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.190
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.772
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.320
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.337
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
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3:11.784
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 5.276
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 3:5.425
cannot 
cannot find GnomeApplicationsMenu.png on the screen (FindFailed)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:181:in `rescue in wait'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:165:in `wait'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:605:in `/^the Tails desktop is ready$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:546:in `/^I log in to a new session(?: in ([^ ]*) \(([^ ]*)\))?( without activating the Persistent Storage)?( after having activated the Persistent Storage| expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:99:in `And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated'
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.041 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating persistence from the Welcome Screen' (at time 02:32:37)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout/2/artifact/build-artifacts/02:32:37_Creating_persistence_from_the_Welcome_Screen.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout/2/artifact/build-artifacts/02:32:37_Creating_persistence_from_the_Welcome_Screen.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout/2/artifact/build-artifacts/02:32:37_Creating_persistence_from_the_Welcome_Screen.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout/2/artifact/build-artifacts/02:32:37_Creating_persistence_from_the_Welcome_Screen.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:51.671
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 5.297
When I enable persistence 27.256
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.109
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.658
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.325
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.147
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.517
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.944
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.122
When I cold reboot the computer 5.849
And the computer reboots Tails 33.978
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.196
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.164
Given I enable persistence 12.669
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.326
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.942
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:5.516
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 4.901
# 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 27.195
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.333
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.654
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
35.246
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 4.946
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.616
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.089
And all notifications have disappeared 8.580
When I delete the persistent partition 2.688
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.823
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 4.894
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.628
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.036
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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54.082
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 4.531
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.616
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.242
And all notifications have disappeared 8.567
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.300
And all tps features are enabled 7.988
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:55.136
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 2:4.372
And I enable persistence 33.239
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.904
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.576
And persistence is enabled 10.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.664
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 4.518
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.695
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.324
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 4.652
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.017
When I enable persistence 13.349
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
24.657
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 4.415
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.583
When I try to enable persistence 1.333
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.515
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.147
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.159
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.730
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 4.625
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.090
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.171
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I log in to a new session 8.540
And all notifications have disappeared 7.508
# 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 0.100
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.155
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.031
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
36.607
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 4.632
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.928
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.256
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.214
When I log in to a new session 8.459
And all notifications have disappeared 6.883
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.140
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000