Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 79 01 Jul 2026, 04:30

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 20:56.085 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.996
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 1:16.277
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.595
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.264
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.561
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 8.315
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.682
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.226
And persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.752
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 logged in 8.246
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.311
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.813
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.259
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.719
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.199
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
30.073
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 7.220
And the system is very low on memory 5.553
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.180
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.658
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.111
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.439
And I free up some memory 0.799
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.283
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 7.919
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
And all tps features are active 4.947
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.994
When I disable the first tps feature 2.479
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.741
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.258
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.796
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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12.533
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 enabled and logged in 7.051
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.607
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.435
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 6.961
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.466
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.839
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.707
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 7.127
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 8.450
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.927
When I write some files expected to persist 1.214
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.340
# 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" 11.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.013
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 enabled and logged in 6.879
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 9.625
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.233
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.373
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.146
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.419
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.102
Tags: @product
39.387
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 8.110
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 12.601
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.988
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 8.401
When I enable persistence 19.178
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.451
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.229
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.277
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.518
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.991
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
When I cold reboot the computer 8.665
And the computer reboots Tails 36.613
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.230
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.190
Given I enable persistence 9.950
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.096
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.213
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.471
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:12.022
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 7.692
# 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 31.377
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.941
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.217
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.800
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 7.692
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.054
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.075
And all notifications have disappeared 7.838
When I delete the persistent partition 2.699
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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56.400
Scenario Dotfiles persistence
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 7.447
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.329
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 43.550
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:146:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.132 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Dotfiles persistence' (at time 02:34:36)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak/79/artifact/build-artifacts/02:34:36_Dotfiles_persistence.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak/79/artifact/build-artifacts/02:34:36_Dotfiles_persistence.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak/79/artifact/build-artifacts/02:34:36_Dotfiles_persistence.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak/79/artifact/build-artifacts/02:34:36_Dotfiles_persistence.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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47.067
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 7.628
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.608
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.494
And all notifications have disappeared 7.649
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.259
And all tps features are enabled 4.507
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.516
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 33.006
And I enable persistence 24.917
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.635
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.667
And persistence is enabled 5.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.227
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 6.859
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.825
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.690
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 8.066
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.389
When I enable persistence 11.254
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.073
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 7.695
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.382
When I try to enable persistence 1.315
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.146
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.287
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.175
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.450
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 7.488
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.585
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.468
And all notifications have disappeared 9.164
# 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" 0.159
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.080
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.153
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.262
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.101
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 7.650
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.956
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.368
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.285
When I log in to a new session 9.611
And all notifications have disappeared 9.495
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.788
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000