Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 22 19 Sep 2026, 19:41

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 156 1 6 0 0 163 20 1 21 22:16.029 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.894
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.153
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.823
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.198
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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25.703
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.521
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.986
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.221
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.275
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 22.011
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.241
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.032
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.964
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.714
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product
42.285
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 21.254
And the system is very low on memory 4.693
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.514
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.102
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.462
And I free up some memory 0.447
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.650
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.182
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 8.005
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.236
And all tps features are active 7.952
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.888
When I disable the first tps feature 2.444
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.973
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.276
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.839
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.196
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 8.026
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.038
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.455
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.027
When I enable the first tps feature 2.381
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.043
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.552
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 7.392
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.496
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.470
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.320
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 7.570
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 8.193
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.176
When I write some files expected to persist 1.989
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.161
# 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" 11.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.843
Scenario Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.645
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 19.203
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.371
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 40.479
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:88:in `Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
And I capture all network traffic 0.000
And the network is plugged 0.000
And Tor is ready 0.000
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.000
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.000
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.017 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection' (at time 02:29:13)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak/22/artifact/build-artifacts/02:29:13_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak/22/artifact/build-artifacts/02:29:13_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak/22/artifact/build-artifacts/02:29:13_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak/22/artifact/build-artifacts/02:29:13_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
36.498
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.101
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.877
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.113
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 8.542
When I enable persistence 21.982
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.729
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.006
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.333
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.308
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.445
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.221
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
When I cold reboot the computer 5.766
And the computer reboots Tails 33.016
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.187
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.110
Given I enable persistence 12.585
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.058
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.139
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.470
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:6.110
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.212
# 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 29.888
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.017
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.792
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
36.872
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.106
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.277
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.191
And all notifications have disappeared 8.294
When I delete the persistent partition 2.652
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.356
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 8.079
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.185
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.853
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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53.638
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.902
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.976
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.711
And all notifications have disappeared 8.124
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.243
And all tps features are enabled 7.662
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.174
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 1:58.254
And I enable persistence 24.750
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.968
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.565
And persistence is enabled 7.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.564
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 7.328
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.693
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.812
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 8.175
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.632
When I enable persistence 13.043
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.682
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.862
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.404
When I try to enable persistence 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.505
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.129
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.110
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.964
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 7.944
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.866
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 7.521
And all notifications have disappeared 6.743
# 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" 0.158
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.153
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.189
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.082
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.989
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 7.931
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.208
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.334
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.138
When I log in to a new session 6.755
And all notifications have disappeared 8.437
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.130
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000