Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5946 12 Nov 2025, 12:48

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 153 1 3 0 0 157 20 1 21 38:6.922 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
2:18.510
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 2:2.070
And I update APT using apt 8.251
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.330
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.976
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 0.004
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 16.150
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 1:18.826
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/common_steps.rb:431:in `wait_for_ponytail'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:629:in `/^the Tails desktop is ready$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:545: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:331 11.148 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive with a disabled persistent partition' (at time 02:57:14)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5946/artifact/build-artifacts/02:57:14_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5946/artifact/build-artifacts/02:57:14_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5946/artifact/build-artifacts/02:57:14_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:34.123
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 logged in 14.191
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.377
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.149
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.240
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.635
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.414
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.835
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.224
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
40.091
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 11.628
And the system is very low on memory 5.674
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.275
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.709
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.133
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.522
And I free up some memory 1.364
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.175
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:22.383
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 13.789
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.411
And all tps features are active 2.164
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.396
When I disable the first tps feature 3.218
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.083
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.629
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.446
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
19.081
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 12.640
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.144
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 3.227
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.684
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.881
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 11.426
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I disable the first tps feature 3.106
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.086
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.430
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 10.888
And the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 13.889
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.816
When I write some files expected to persist 1.384
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.221
# 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" 18.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:58.679
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 9.996
And the network is plugged 0.083
And Tor is ready 11.901
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.444
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:41.715
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 1.582
And Tor is ready 41.035
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.438
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.065
Tags: @product
1:5.730
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 24.218
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.138
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.111
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:53.361
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 23.366
When I enable persistence 23.707
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.479
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.717
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.430
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
When I cold reboot the computer 11.085
And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.459
Given I enable persistence 12.956
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.610
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.195
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
3:8.434
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 13.804
# 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 32.467
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.216
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:44.082
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 27.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
55.896
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 13.935
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.388
Then persistence is disabled 0.178
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.714
And all notifications have disappeared 11.157
When I delete the persistent partition 2.909
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:1.894
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 11.754
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.198
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:41.575
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product
1:16.220
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 12.197
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 27.247
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 17.061
And all notifications have disappeared 10.801
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.565
And all tps features are enabled 3.343
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:28.105
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 6:12.671
And I enable persistence 57.963
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.273
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.763
And persistence is enabled 2.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.384
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 10.044
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 35.693
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
50.272
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 15.285
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 16.057
When I enable persistence 16.417
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.930
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 11.585
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.697
When I try to enable persistence 1.392
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.684
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.285
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.262
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.532
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.266
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.741
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.459
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.330
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.741
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I log in to a new session 14.579
And all notifications have disappeared 10.644
# 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" 0.311
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.772
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.362
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.847
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:4.791
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 11.564
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 18.364
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.633
When I try to enable persistence 1.521
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.337
When I log in to a new session 12.383
And all notifications have disappeared 11.286
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.400
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000