Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4102 05 Dec 2025, 23:14

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 151 1 5 0 0 157 20 1 21 37:39.897 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:20.898
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:5.563
And I update APT using apt 7.752
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.329
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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43.977
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.782
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.710
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.315
And persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:27.879
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 14.157
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.945
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.227
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.190
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.577
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.106
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:32.015
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.582
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
1:5.354
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 21.262
And the system is very low on memory 7.552
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.402
When I try to create a persistent partition 9.451
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.132
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.567
And I free up some memory 2.045
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.354
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:21.293
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 16.962
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.437
And all tps features are active 9.595
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.747
When I disable the first tps feature 14.570
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.185
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.430
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:51.200
Then all tps features but the first one are active 21.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 27.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
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30.679
Scenario Activating and deactivating Persistent Storage features
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 17.582
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 12.872
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:307:in `/^I (enable|disable) the first tps feature$/'
features/persistence.feature:57:in `When I disable the first tps feature'
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.000
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.000
When I enable the first tps feature 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:331 6.219 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Activating and deactivating Persistent Storage features' (at time 03:15:18)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4102/artifact/build-artifacts/03:15:18_Activating_and_deactivating_Persistent_Storage_features.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4102/artifact/build-artifacts/03:15:18_Activating_and_deactivating_Persistent_Storage_features.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4102/artifact/build-artifacts/03:15:18_Activating_and_deactivating_Persistent_Storage_features.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4102/artifact/build-artifacts/03:15:18_Activating_and_deactivating_Persistent_Storage_features.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.362
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 24.981
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 10.680
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.509
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.196
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.786
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 21.317
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.591
When I write some files expected to persist 1.304
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.678
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 18.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:38.383
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.768
And the network is plugged 1.617
And Tor is ready 13.610
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.224
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.236
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:38.106
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.076
And Tor is ready 23.039
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.461
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.074
Tags: @product
1:0.427
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.223
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.126
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.979
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:51.124
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.194
When I enable persistence 39.784
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.890
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.356
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 31.400
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.185
When I cold reboot the computer 13.067
And the computer reboots Tails 46.017
Given I enable persistence 15.137
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.541
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.370
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:42.493
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.936
# 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 29.623
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.717
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:29.142
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
53.399
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.562
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.663
Then persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.116
And all notifications have disappeared 11.272
When I delete the persistent partition 3.178
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.606
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 15.128
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.144
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.821
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:26.960
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product
1:5.812
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.130
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.308
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.773
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.930
And all notifications have disappeared 10.467
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.894
And all tps features are enabled 3.343
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:27.216
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 6:41.684
And I enable persistence 28.621
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.807
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.759
And persistence is enabled 2.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.339
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 10.245
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.352
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.501
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.997
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.277
When I enable persistence 11.347
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.100
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.712
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.760
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.452
When I try to enable persistence 1.568
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 7.984
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.364
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.374
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.580
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.307
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.268
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 10.810
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.140
When I try to enable persistence 1.471
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.672
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.321
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.111
When I log in to a new session 14.457
And all notifications have disappeared 12.912
# 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" 0.358
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.629
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.264
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.081
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:0.971
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.676
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.973
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.511
When I try to enable persistence 1.395
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.786
When I log in to a new session 14.799
And all notifications have disappeared 10.911
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.745
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000