Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4296 27 Mar 2026, 07:59

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 24:57.397 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:42.558
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 1:26.926
And I update APT using apt 8.398
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.340
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.107
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 9.385
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.169
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 16.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:13.328
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.911
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.172
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 42.722
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.506
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.675
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.960
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.217
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
45.661
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.810
And the system is very low on memory 18.501
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.610
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.210
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.096
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.390
And I free up some memory 1.423
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.552
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.799
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 8.617
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.574
And all tps features are active 1.277
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.149
When I disable the first tps feature 2.592
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.328
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.038
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.157
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
13.519
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 7.766
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.124
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.108
When I disable the first tps feature 2.743
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 2.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.200
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 7.467
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.626
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.903
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.405
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 7.600
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 18.614
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.301
When I write some files expected to persist 1.561
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.195
# 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" 13.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:20.447
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 7.697
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 18.627
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.548
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.235
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 22.500
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.388
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.105
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
Tags: @product
59.225
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 8.871
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.265
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 23.274
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:24.448
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.188
When I enable persistence 40.328
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.158
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.078
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.380
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.331
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.503
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.995
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
When I cold reboot the computer 10.337
And the computer reboots Tails 40.776
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.284
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.225
Given I enable persistence 7.580
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.260
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.637
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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1:36.873
Scenario Changing the Persistent Storage passphrase
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.499
# 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 32.331
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.029
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 43.012
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:130:in `Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase'
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.266 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Changing the Persistent Storage passphrase' (at time 02:35:54)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4296/artifact/build-artifacts/02:35:54_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4296/artifact/build-artifacts/02:35:54_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4296/artifact/build-artifacts/02:35:54_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4296/artifact/build-artifacts/02:35:54_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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51.152
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.214
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.924
Then persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.791
And all notifications have disappeared 8.810
When I delete the persistent partition 2.951
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.991
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.129
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.495
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
46.231
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.882
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.926
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.303
And all notifications have disappeared 7.986
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.299
And all tps features are enabled 1.383
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.030
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 41.042
And I enable persistence 26.571
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.129
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.684
And persistence is enabled 1.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.971
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 7.262
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.131
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.922
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 8.009
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 19.744
When I enable persistence 7.199
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.594
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 7.875
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 17.608
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.774
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.518
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.293
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.355
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.919
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.092
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.471
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 11.844
And all notifications have disappeared 10.305
# 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" 0.149
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.491
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.227
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.471
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.570
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 8.030
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 21.120
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.322
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.230
When I log in to a new session 12.462
And all notifications have disappeared 8.867
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.323
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000