Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5764 09 Jul 2025, 14:22

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 151 1 5 0 0 157 20 1 21 1:1:48.859 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:20.127
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.037
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:39.373
And I update APT using apt 13.385
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 23.332
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 4.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.217
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.161
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 27.540
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.899
And persistence is disabled 0.342
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:15.659
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 11.744
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.053
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.150
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.708
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.085
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.153
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:23.265
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.390
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
1:0.872
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 11.691
And the system is very low on memory 4.354
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.128
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.656
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.161
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.520
And I free up some memory 2.366
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.663
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:5.088
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 12.282
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.616
And all tps features are active 2.984
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.759
When I disable the first tps feature 5.846
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.520
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.934
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:21.870
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
20.980
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 11.417
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.127
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.099
When I disable the first tps feature 5.801
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.080
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 3.151
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.983
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.854
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 5.811
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.982
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.058
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.438
And the network is plugged 0.077
And Tor is ready 24.527
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.639
When I write some files expected to persist 1.646
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.498
# 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" 26.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:55.171
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 24.109
And the network is plugged 0.090
And Tor is ready 17.588
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.221
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.953
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:14.345
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.073
And Tor is ready 48.110
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.385
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.096
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064
Tags: @product
1:0.835
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.767
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.166
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 22.667
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:52.421
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.385
When I enable persistence 40.733
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.034
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 27.334
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 56.765
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.448
When I cold reboot the computer 7.735
And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.977
Given I enable persistence 19.110
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.696
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.635
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
3:43.412
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 10.378
# 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 34.891
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.779
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:10.155
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 34.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
58.315
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.973
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.139
Then persistence is disabled 0.324
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.199
And all notifications have disappeared 10.038
When I delete the persistent partition 7.811
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:38.770
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.900
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.352
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.063
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:41.705
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 9.193
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.090
When I try to enable persistence 0.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 31.411
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.865
And all notifications have disappeared 7.910
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.476
And all tps features are enabled 3.334
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:55.756
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 3:29.581
And I enable persistence 31.739
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.647
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.272
And persistence is enabled 2.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.072
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.848
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.459
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.750
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.972
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.571
When I enable persistence 27.377
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.082
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.415
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.259
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.553
When I try to enable persistence 0.398
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 24.576
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.786
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.170
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.768
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.312
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
21:25.861
Scenario Manual filesystem repair fails
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.526
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.121
When I try to enable persistence 0.280
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 31.917
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.340
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.148
When I log in to a new session 42.382
And all notifications have disappeared 20:0.146
execution 
execution expired (RemoteShell::Timeout)
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:56:in `read'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:56:in `block (3 levels) in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:55:in `block (2 levels) in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `block in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:37:in `communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:174:in `execute'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:185:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:80:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:80:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:719:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:719:in `/^all notifications have disappeared$/'
features/persistence.feature:192:in `And all notifications have disappeared'
# 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" 0.000
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.000
When I close the "whisperback" window 0.000
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.000
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 10.855 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Manual filesystem repair fails' (at time 05:03:38)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5764/artifact/build-artifacts/05:03:38_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5764/artifact/build-artifacts/05:03:38_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5764/artifact/build-artifacts/05:03:38_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:2.382
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.368
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.895
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.570
When I try to enable persistence 0.619
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 20.485
When I log in to a new session 51.020
And all notifications have disappeared 8.787
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.719
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000