Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout 4 18 Aug 2026, 20:26

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 148 1 14 0 0 163 20 1 21 41:24.262 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:24.295
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 1:10.345
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.871
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.245
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.935
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 5.957
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.257
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.222
And persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.586
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 5.786
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.212
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.635
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.626
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.925
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.213
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
27.452
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 5.461
And the system is very low on memory 4.587
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.292
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.677
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.130
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.427
And I free up some memory 0.538
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.291
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.476
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 5.434
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
And all tps features are active 11.369
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.035
When I disable the first tps feature 2.455
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.482
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.516
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.277
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
Tags: @product
10.848
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 5.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.102
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 2.442
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
10.878
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 5.065
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I disable the first tps feature 2.624
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.968
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.219
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 4.904
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 13.274
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.890
When I write some files expected to persist 0.904
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.529
# 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" 11.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.516
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 4.718
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.117
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.143
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.415
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.188
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.295
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.360
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.089
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075
Tags: @product
38.752
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 5.625
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.064
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.348
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
20:40.250
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5.611
When I enable persistence 20.715
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.475
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 20:0.447
execution 
execution expired (RemoteShell::Timeout)
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:56:in `read'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:56:in `block (3 levels) in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:55:in `block (2 levels) in communicate'
<internal:kernel>:187:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `block in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:37:in `communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:174:in `execute'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:185:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:89:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:89: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:360:in `click'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:561:in `open_greeter_additional_settings'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:597:in `/^I disable the Unsafe Browser$/'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1639:in `/^I set all Greeter options to non-default values$/'
features/persistence.feature:106:in `When I set all Greeter options to non-default values'
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.000
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.000
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 0.000
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 0.000
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.000
When I cold reboot the computer 0.000
And the computer reboots Tails 0.000
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.000
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.000
Given I enable persistence 0.000
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.000
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.000
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 0.000
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 10.822 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 03:32:19)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout/4/artifact/build-artifacts/03:32:19_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout/4/artifact/build-artifacts/03:32:19_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout/4/artifact/build-artifacts/03:32:19_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:18.265
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 5.981
# 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 33.640
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.349
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.889
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product
36.311
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 5.547
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.081
Then persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.621
And all notifications have disappeared 8.098
When I delete the persistent partition 2.569
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:19.675
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 enabled and logged in 5.598
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.097
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.288
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.465
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
53.388
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 5.465
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.411
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.307
And all notifications have disappeared 7.933
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.237
And all tps features are enabled 7.882
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:32.671
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:34.643
And I enable persistence 37.855
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.799
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.561
And persistence is enabled 10.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.627
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 4.962
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.150
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.055
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5.917
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.731
When I enable persistence 13.672
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.274
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 5.511
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.434
When I try to enable persistence 1.258
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.346
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.285
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.088
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.799
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 5.755
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.521
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 0.020
When I log in to a new session 8.795
And all notifications have disappeared 8.537
# 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" 0.207
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.131
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.236
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.240
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.980
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 5.489
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.159
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.324
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.539
When I log in to a new session 8.445
And all notifications have disappeared 7.408
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.611
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000