Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4288 22 Mar 2026, 11:27

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 160 1 2 0 0 163 20 1 21 25:31.977 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
2:17.056
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:2.472
And I update APT using apt 7.372
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.362
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
49.869
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 22.376
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.967
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
And persistence is disabled 0.124
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.687
Scenario Creating a Persistent Storage
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.599
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.617
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.199
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.671
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.563
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.878
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 45.157
Known 
Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:448:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:235:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:26:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
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 5.477 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating a Persistent Storage' (at time 02:28:13)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4288/artifact/build-artifacts/02:28:13_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4288/artifact/build-artifacts/02:28:13_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4288/artifact/build-artifacts/02:28:13_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4288/artifact/build-artifacts/02:28:13_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product
35.567
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 8.534
And the system is very low on memory 7.055
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.238
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.420
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.203
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.570
And I free up some memory 1.007
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.001
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.212
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 9.393
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.470
And all tps features are active 1.528
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.075
When I disable the first tps feature 2.710
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.296
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.385
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.102
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
13.433
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.927
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.595
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.476
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
15.046
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 8.595
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I disable the first tps feature 3.277
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.934
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.014
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 8.139
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 21.992
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.533
When I write some files expected to persist 1.406
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.777
# 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" 14.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:20.463
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 enabled and logged in 8.218
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 18.944
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.138
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.392
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 22.809
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.438
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.122
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068
Tags: @product
49.928
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.304
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.175
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.867
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:9.416
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 9.225
When I enable persistence 23.529
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.414
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.208
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.463
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.272
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.611
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.470
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
When I cold reboot the computer 9.681
And the computer reboots Tails 41.971
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.357
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
Given I enable persistence 8.243
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.214
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.108
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
Tags: @product
2:32.613
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 8.877
# 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 36.493
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.301
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.195
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product
56.970
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 9.331
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.176
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.468
And all notifications have disappeared 8.841
When I delete the persistent partition 2.700
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.742
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.211
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.676
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.341
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
Tags: @product
51.689
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.145
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.167
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.032
And all notifications have disappeared 8.765
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.324
And all tps features are enabled 1.955
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.267
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 37.279
And I enable persistence 24.382
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.274
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.631
And persistence is enabled 1.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.027
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.188
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.285
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.948
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 9.192
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 18.743
When I enable persistence 8.190
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.403
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 8.590
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.001
When I try to enable persistence 1.368
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.200
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.533
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.089
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.152
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.820
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.981
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.832
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 13.663
And all notifications have disappeared 9.417
# 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" 0.168
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.681
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.247
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.502
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.793
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 8.482
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.964
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.426
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.977
When I log in to a new session 13.261
And all notifications have disappeared 9.160
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.458
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 7.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000