Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5768 15 Jul 2025, 18:50

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 143 3 11 0 0 157 18 3 21 52:54.134 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
3:31.599
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:31.286
And I update APT using apt 24.274
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 32.570
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.737
Scenario Booting Tails from a USB drive with a disabled persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 33.515
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 5.221
<false> 
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:519:in `/^I log in to a new session(?: in ([^ ]*) \(([^ ]*)\))?( without activating the Persistent Storage)?( after having activated the Persistent Storage| expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:14:in `When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage'
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.000
And persistence is disabled 0.000
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.761 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive with a disabled persistent partition' (at time 05:20:55)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5768/artifact/build-artifacts/05:20:55_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5768/artifact/build-artifacts/05:20:55_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5768/artifact/build-artifacts/05:20:55_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5768/artifact/build-artifacts/05:20:55_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:47.321
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 18.841
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.535
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.210
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 32.227
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 4.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.231
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:32.720
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.408
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product
1:23.922
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 17.418
And the system is very low on memory 5.513
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 2.158
When I try to create a persistent partition 28.755
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.211
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.921
And I free up some memory 3.047
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.428
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 8.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:7.918
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 16.833
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.362
And all tps features are active 2.826
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.699
When I disable the first tps feature 8.985
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.157
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.012
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:7.762
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
33.666
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 18.871
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.394
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.180
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.151
When I disable the first tps feature 9.925
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.131
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.078
When I enable the first tps feature 3.748
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.932
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 15.021
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.170
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.129
And I disable the first tps feature 6.633
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 5.409
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.454
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.552
And the network is plugged 0.115
And Tor is ready 32.682
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.631
When I write some files expected to persist 1.638
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.229
# 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" 39.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:10.997
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.864
And the network is plugged 0.170
And Tor is ready 33.604
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.214
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.009
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:44.505
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.091
And Tor is ready 24.785
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.381
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.092
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
Tags: @product
1:34.629
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 17.973
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.112
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 35.460
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 40.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:34.891
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 18.827
When I enable persistence 1:1.504
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 18.188
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 43.610
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:14.697
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.356
When I cold reboot the computer 12.375
And the computer reboots Tails 1:23.847
Given I enable persistence 23.694
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.632
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 56.951
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
1:22.638
Scenario Changing the Persistent Storage passphrase
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 enabled and logged in 15.176
# 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 1:7.462
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:475:in `/^I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage( back to the original)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:121:in `When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage'
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 0.000
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 10.584 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Changing the Persistent Storage passphrase' (at time 05:48:07)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5768/artifact/build-artifacts/05:48:07_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5768/artifact/build-artifacts/05:48:07_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5768/artifact/build-artifacts/05:48:07_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.355
Scenario Deleting a Tails persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.027
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 6.328
<false> 
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:519:in `/^I log in to a new session(?: in ([^ ]*) \(([^ ]*)\))?( without activating the Persistent Storage)?( after having activated the Persistent Storage| expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:128:in `And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage'
Then persistence is disabled 0.000
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
And all notifications have disappeared 0.000
When I delete the persistent partition 0.000
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.379 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Deleting a Tails persistent partition' (at time 05:48:36)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5768/artifact/build-artifacts/05:48:36_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5768/artifact/build-artifacts/05:48:36_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5768/artifact/build-artifacts/05:48:36_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5768/artifact/build-artifacts/05:48:36_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:30.036
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 10.063
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.234
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.804
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:4.786
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
Tags: @product
2:30.067
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.066
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.964
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.141
When I try to enable persistence 0.331
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 56.046
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:0.317
And all notifications have disappeared 9.002
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 7.716
And all tps features are enabled 2.415
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:30.566
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
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 4:22.688
And I enable persistence 57.338
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 59.401
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.896
And persistence is enabled 9.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.327
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.624
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 30.621
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.855
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 25.926
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.834
When I enable persistence 48.615
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.115
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.458
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 12.222
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.947
When I try to enable persistence 0.487
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 48.530
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 3.909
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.955
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.360
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:53.799
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 17.280
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.109
When I try to enable persistence 0.355
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 54.781
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.338
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.106
When I log in to a new session 57.321
And all notifications have disappeared 12.869
# 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" 0.849
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.171
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.544
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.897
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:34.957
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 15.398
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.590
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.259
When I try to enable persistence 0.859
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 27.870
When I log in to a new session 1:0.737
And all notifications have disappeared 8.850
Then the Tor Browser starts 31.357
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000