Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4109 09 Dec 2025, 13:05

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 154 1 2 0 0 157 20 1 21 36:46.907 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:19.880
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:1.535
And I update APT using apt 7.756
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.384
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.789
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 13.085
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.056
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.381
And persistence is disabled 0.164
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:13.164
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 logged in 15.473
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.441
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.129
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.298
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.548
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.964
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.548
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.656
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
45.699
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 10.714
And the system is very low on memory 5.514
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.505
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.312
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.167
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.604
And I free up some memory 1.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.161
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:3.257
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 14.961
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.471
And all tps features are active 2.572
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.143
When I disable the first tps feature 3.212
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.201
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:24.479
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
28.535
Scenario Activating and deactivating Persistent Storage features
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.776
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I disable the first tps feature 3.175
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.063
When I enable the first tps feature 13.235
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:60:in `When I enable the first tps feature'
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 5.100 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Activating and deactivating Persistent Storage features' (at time 02:56:49)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4109/artifact/build-artifacts/02:56:49_Activating_and_deactivating_Persistent_Storage_features.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4109/artifact/build-artifacts/02:56:49_Activating_and_deactivating_Persistent_Storage_features.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4109/artifact/build-artifacts/02:56:49_Activating_and_deactivating_Persistent_Storage_features.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4109/artifact/build-artifacts/02:56:49_Activating_and_deactivating_Persistent_Storage_features.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.747
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 16.313
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I disable the first tps feature 3.144
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.080
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.165
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 12.306
And the network is plugged 5.770
And Tor is ready 19.666
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.578
When I write some files expected to persist 1.582
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.912
# 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" 19.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:18.408
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 22.843
And the network is plugged 5.997
And Tor is ready 23.169
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.185
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 36.555
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:30.202
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 6.210
And Tor is ready 12.518
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.426
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.101
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 7.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.090
Tags: @product
59.674
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.004
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.132
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.286
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:35.117
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 13.368
When I enable persistence 28.969
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.072
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 42.177
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 32.554
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.184
When I cold reboot the computer 11.361
And the computer reboots Tails 46.482
Given I enable persistence 13.572
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.530
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.637
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059
Tags: @product
3:7.215
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.503
# 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 31.338
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.581
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:32.870
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
51.583
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 10.710
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.320
Then persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.603
And all notifications have disappeared 11.012
When I delete the persistent partition 3.380
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.489
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 12.711
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.627
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.326
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product
1:2.629
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.555
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.913
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.886
And all notifications have disappeared 10.082
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.891
And all tps features are enabled 2.649
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:47.083
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 6:4.898
And I enable persistence 26.614
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.465
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.757
And persistence is enabled 2.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.771
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.049
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 9.785
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 28.278
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.555
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.038
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.883
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.677
When I enable persistence 11.255
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
45.428
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 11.105
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 17.738
When I try to enable persistence 1.443
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.661
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 5.489
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 1.005
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.313
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.589
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 10.110
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.401
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.588
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.298
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I log in to a new session 15.674
And all notifications have disappeared 13.129
# 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" 0.275
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.501
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.256
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.084
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:3.120
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 10.506
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.529
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.398
When I try to enable persistence 1.350
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 6.000
When I log in to a new session 13.654
And all notifications have disappeared 12.678
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.927
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000