Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5941 10 Nov 2025, 16:49

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 155 1 1 0 0 157 20 1 21 32:50.613 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:11.532
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:54.757
And I update APT using apt 9.382
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.267
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.289
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 13.103
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.766
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.331
And persistence is disabled 0.157
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:23.906
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 13.521
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.373
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.211
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.561
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.851
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:36.000
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.209
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
45.522
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 11.353
And the system is very low on memory 5.715
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.417
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.922
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.139
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.587
And I free up some memory 1.360
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.429
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:25.722
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 12.739
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.348
And all tps features are active 2.322
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.321
When I disable the first tps feature 3.148
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.976
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.815
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.997
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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17.488
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.722
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.088
When I disable the first tps feature 2.719
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.534
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.288
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.140
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.123
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.764
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.121
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.260
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 10.098
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 14.400
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.619
When I write some files expected to persist 1.390
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.178
# 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" 18.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:25.140
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 10.225
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 10.198
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.184
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.997
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:38.671
And I capture all network traffic 0.022
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 14.034
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.379
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.089
Tags: @product
54.774
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.144
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.101
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.877
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:38.787
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 12.787
When I enable persistence 22.650
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.258
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.219
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.706
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.179
When I cold reboot the computer 10.427
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.020
Given I enable persistence 9.963
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.712
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.674
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:22.552
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 11.991
# 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 29.238
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.227
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:32.095
cannot 
cannot find TailsGreeter.png on the screen (FindFailed)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:181:in `rescue in wait'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:165:in `wait'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:484:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:280:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:123:in `Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase'
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.293 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Changing the Persistent Storage passphrase' (at time 03:19:30)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5941/artifact/build-artifacts/03:19:30_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5941/artifact/build-artifacts/03:19:30_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5941/artifact/build-artifacts/03:19:30_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5941/artifact/build-artifacts/03:19:30_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
52.880
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 12.274
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.567
Then persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.976
And all notifications have disappeared 11.099
When I delete the persistent partition 3.402
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.069
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 10.404
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.872
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:40.395
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:0.438
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 12.021
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.315
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.330
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.910
And all notifications have disappeared 9.838
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.412
And all tps features are enabled 2.549
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:5.745
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:19.971
And I enable persistence 30.965
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.835
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.717
And persistence is enabled 2.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.453
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.773
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.940
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.725
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 12.693
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.041
When I enable persistence 11.410
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.365
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 11.993
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.268
When I try to enable persistence 1.349
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.372
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.401
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.278
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.300
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.779
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 11.590
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.083
When I try to enable persistence 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.070
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I log in to a new session 12.704
And all notifications have disappeared 11.548
# 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" 0.295
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.479
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.317
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.029
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.888
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 11.358
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.343
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.379
When I try to enable persistence 1.356
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.094
When I log in to a new session 13.190
And all notifications have disappeared 9.371
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.430
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000