Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout 5 19 Aug 2026, 15:54

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 157 1 5 0 0 163 20 1 21 21:25.575 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:24.374
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:9.873
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.472
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.289
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.440
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 5.773
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.061
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.259
And persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
20.220
Scenario Creating a Persistent Storage
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 5.977
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.428
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.155
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.659
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [frame | Persistent Storage]: 'Create Persistent Storage' button
STDOUT:

STDERR:

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93: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:272:in `button'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:386: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:23:in `And I create a persistent partition with the default settings'
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.000
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 0.000
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.000
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.312 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating a Persistent Storage' (at time 02:26:47)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout/5/artifact/build-artifacts/02:26:47_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout/5/artifact/build-artifacts/02:26:47_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout/5/artifact/build-artifacts/02:26:47_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout/5/artifact/build-artifacts/02:26:47_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.768
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 5.668
And the system is very low on memory 5.604
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.162
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.367
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.133
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.456
And I free up some memory 0.707
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.622
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.587
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 5.563
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.449
And all tps features are active 9.099
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.903
When I disable the first tps feature 2.548
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.958
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.498
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
Tags: @product
11.126
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 5.701
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
11.385
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 5.114
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 3.153
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.923
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.375
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 5.155
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 9.681
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.069
When I write some files expected to persist 1.232
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.358
# 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" 11.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.276
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 5.057
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.793
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 5.592
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.758
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 12.216
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.466
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.088
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.108
Tags: @product
37.918
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5.681
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.236
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:50.644
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 5.830
When I enable persistence 23.422
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.771
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.479
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.383
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.324
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.617
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.844
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 5.888
And the computer reboots Tails 34.122
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.416
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.135
Given I enable persistence 14.221
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.340
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.504
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product
2:10.135
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 6.092
# 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 29.497
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.284
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.707
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
37.183
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 5.638
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.788
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.883
And all notifications have disappeared 8.726
When I delete the persistent partition 2.760
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.439
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 5.442
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.348
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.383
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
55.315
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 6.180
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.828
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.929
And all notifications have disappeared 7.913
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.322
And all tps features are enabled 8.305
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:48.781
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 1:56.970
And I enable persistence 33.836
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.246
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.679
And persistence is enabled 9.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.268
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 4.403
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.415
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.569
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 6.467
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.590
When I enable persistence 14.891
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.081
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 5.976
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.171
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.107
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.358
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.074
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.119
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.469
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 5.112
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.860
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.089
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 9.389
And all notifications have disappeared 6.968
# 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" 0.135
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.112
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.286
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.359
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.213
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 4.865
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.632
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.312
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.491
When I log in to a new session 7.719
And all notifications have disappeared 6.504
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.748
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000