Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4640 28 Sep 2026, 16:28

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 23:33.611 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
1:34.468
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.956
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.491
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.295
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.883
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.987
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.325
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.257
And persistence is disabled 0.074
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.465
Scenario Creating a Persistent Storage
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.186
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.141
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.822
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.580
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 40.365
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: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:339 4.984 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating a Persistent Storage' (at time 02:30:09)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4640/artifact/build-artifacts/02:30:09_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4640/artifact/build-artifacts/02:30:09_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4640/artifact/build-artifacts/02:30:09_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4640/artifact/build-artifacts/02:30:09_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
30.505
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.340
And the system is very low on memory 4.223
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.281
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.711
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.089
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.348
And I free up some memory 0.520
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.938
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.760
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 8.674
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
And all tps features are active 8.833
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.540
When I disable the first tps feature 2.514
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.175
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.854
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.446
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
13.831
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 8.432
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.618
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 7.867
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.550
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.969
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.691
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 7.828
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 10.137
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.352
When I write some files expected to persist 1.210
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.492
# 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" 11.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.782
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 7.883
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 9.442
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.234
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.236
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 13.271
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.351
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
Tags: @product
42.302
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.976
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.725
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:56.812
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.094
When I enable persistence 23.145
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.105
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.641
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.388
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.411
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.488
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.235
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
When I cold reboot the computer 6.168
And the computer reboots Tails 34.778
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.221
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.120
Given I enable persistence 14.951
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.088
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.284
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.397
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
2:16.198
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 9.345
# 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 26.899
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.551
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.164
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 28.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
39.065
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.878
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.526
Then persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.004
And all notifications have disappeared 8.704
When I delete the persistent partition 2.636
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.148
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 8.409
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.944
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.455
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:0.774
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.213
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.437
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.354
And all notifications have disappeared 8.719
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.325
And all tps features are enabled 8.846
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:49.364
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:3.059
And I enable persistence 29.283
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.296
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.519
And persistence is enabled 8.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.286
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.583
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.161
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.398
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.870
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.226
When I enable persistence 13.583
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.772
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.773
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.790
When I try to enable persistence 1.282
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.653
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.107
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.111
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.189
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.953
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.724
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.581
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I log in to a new session 10.108
And all notifications have disappeared 7.111
# 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" 0.163
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.117
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.186
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.559
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.526
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.417
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.942
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.331
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.503
When I log in to a new session 8.276
And all notifications have disappeared 7.607
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.216
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000