Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5748 29 Jun 2025, 10:02

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 139 2 16 0 0 157 19 2 21 59:31.721 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:50.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.045
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:52.536
And I update APT using apt 19.913
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 34.608
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.854
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 18.277
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 37.084
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.472
And persistence is disabled 0.260
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 16.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:57.028
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 21.428
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.496
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.245
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 52.430
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.321
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.442
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:17.782
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.626
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
1:27.173
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 16.917
And the system is very low on memory 8.399
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 3.577
When I try to create a persistent partition 29.328
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.201
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.704
And I free up some memory 3.643
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.847
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:26.671
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 19.363
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.591
And all tps features are active 3.664
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.964
When I disable the first tps feature 11.474
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.195
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.620
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:22.058
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:5.677
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 45.787
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.407
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.853
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.843
When I disable the first tps feature 10.009
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.090
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.082
When I enable the first tps feature 4.256
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.140
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 7.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.416
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.072
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.834
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.173
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.360
And I disable the first tps feature 14.047
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.926
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.979
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.091
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 15.344
And the network is plugged 2.429
And Tor is ready 29.976
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.592
When I write some files expected to persist 2.037
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.388
# 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" 44.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:16.893
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 20.962
And the network is plugged 0.099
And Tor is ready 33.775
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.208
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.355
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:22.758
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.091
And Tor is ready 38.697
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.642
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.092
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.076
Tags: @product
2:21.062
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 24.467
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.219
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 58.816
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 56.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 13.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.213
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.034
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:21.213
Failed 
Failed to restore snapshot (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:89:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ without\ network\ from\ a\ USB\ drive\ with\ a\ persistent\ partition\ and\ stopped\ at\ Tails\ Greeter's\ login\ screen$/'
features/persistence.feature:103:in `Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen'
When I enable persistence 0.000
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 0.000
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 0.000
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 0.000
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.000
When I cold reboot the computer 0.000
And the computer reboots Tails 0.000
Given I enable persistence 0.000
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.000
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 0.000
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.429 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 04:04:42)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5748/artifact/build-artifacts/04:04:42_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5748/artifact/build-artifacts/04:04:42_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5748/artifact/build-artifacts/04:04:42_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5748/artifact/build-artifacts/04:04:42_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:59.414
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 25.161
# 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 57.753
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 28.654
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 4:7.849
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 59.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
Tags: @product
1:50.614
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.035
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 18.380
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 47.887
Then persistence is disabled 1.145
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.686
And all notifications have disappeared 18.563
When I delete the persistent partition 15.069
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:41.451
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 18.860
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.398
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:4.137
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
1:20.360
Scenario Feature activation fails
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 19.978
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.096
When I try to enable persistence 0.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1:0.001
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1724:in `/^the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated$/'
features/persistence.feature:146:in `Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated'
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 0.000
And all notifications have disappeared 0.000
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 0.000
And all tps features are enabled 0.000
And all tps features but the first one are active 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 20.200 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Feature activation fails' (at time 04:20:00)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5748/artifact/build-artifacts/04:20:00_Feature_activation_fails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5748/artifact/build-artifacts/04:20:00_Feature_activation_fails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5748/artifact/build-artifacts/04:20:00_Feature_activation_fails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:28.690
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
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 4:35.521
And I enable persistence 48.442
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 54.495
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.485
And persistence is enabled 6.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.032
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.602
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.371
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.213
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 9.249
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.746
When I enable persistence 53.465
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.542
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.970
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 13.506
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.867
When I try to enable persistence 0.674
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 39.953
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.683
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.989
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 5.955
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.573
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:42.408
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.294
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.115
When I try to enable persistence 0.515
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 44.471
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.932
When I log in to a new session 57.527
And all notifications have disappeared 12.442
# 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" 0.335
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.789
When I close the "whisperback" window 3.041
Then the Tor Browser starts 29.623
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:52.890
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 12.398
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.210
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.969
When I try to enable persistence 0.650
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 41.134
When I log in to a new session 1:14.518
And all notifications have disappeared 7.335
Then the Tor Browser starts 26.324
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000