Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 52 21 Oct 2026, 19:53

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 155 1 7 0 0 163 20 1 21 27:4.174 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:4.779
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 1:21.523
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.700
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.594
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.316
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 10.132
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.172
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.254
And persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.345
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.032
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.416
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.160
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.742
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.616
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.202
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
31.841
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.481
And the system is very low on memory 4.416
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.303
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.663
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.367
And I free up some memory 0.450
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.007
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:10.112
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 enabled and logged in 22.627
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
And all tps features are active 8.931
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.762
When I disable the first tps feature 2.688
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.547
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.395
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.197
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product
14.808
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 enabled and logged in 8.828
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.108
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 3.075
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.475
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.274
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 enabled and logged in 8.098
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I disable the first tps feature 3.062
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.899
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
56.279
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.125
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 13.041
And I take note of which tps features are available 12.403
When I write some files expected to persist 2.482
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.990
# 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" 13.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.062
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 enabled and logged in 9.125
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 9.267
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.874
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.122
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.764
And Tor is ready 12.948
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.454
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.073
Tags: @product
43.585
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 11.246
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.961
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.964
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.631
When I enable persistence 26.460
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.307
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.160
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.362
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.294
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.446
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.112
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
When I cold reboot the computer 6.445
And the computer reboots Tails 40.613
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/persistence.feature:114:in `And the computer reboots Tails'
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.000
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.000
Given I enable persistence 0.000
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.000
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.000
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 0.000
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.007 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 02:45:33)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak/52/artifact/build-artifacts/02:45:33_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak/52/artifact/build-artifacts/02:45:33_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak/52/artifact/build-artifacts/02:45:33_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak/52/artifact/build-artifacts/02:45:33_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:23.242
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 8.530
# 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 31.179
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.290
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:14.152
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
43.193
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 9.237
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.844
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.607
And all notifications have disappeared 9.263
When I delete the persistent partition 2.785
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.234
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.483
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.714
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.778
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
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1:3.773
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.447
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.879
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.428
And all notifications have disappeared 8.650
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.230
And all tps features are enabled 10.105
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:22.558
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
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 3:29.542
And I enable persistence 33.071
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.854
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.484
And persistence is enabled 10.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.097
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
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 8.223
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 27.304
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.022
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.918
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.101
When I enable persistence 17.401
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.649
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 9.154
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.301
When I try to enable persistence 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.629
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.429
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.136
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.458
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 7.973
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.424
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.090
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 9.663
And all notifications have disappeared 7.755
# 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" 0.121
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.071
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.148
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.103
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.573
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 8.139
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.566
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.312
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.790
When I log in to a new session 8.881
And all notifications have disappeared 7.406
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.306
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000