Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5956 15 Nov 2025, 14:11

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 33:3.249 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:10.778
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 1:55.447
And I update APT using apt 7.871
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.359
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.835
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 15.166
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.880
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
And persistence is disabled 0.208
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:22.103
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 13.916
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.365
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.458
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.710
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:35.122
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.296
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product
38.652
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 10.779
And the system is very low on memory 4.924
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.394
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.225
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.154
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.670
And I free up some memory 0.923
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.905
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:16.679
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 12.836
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.363
And all tps features are active 2.103
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.177
When I disable the first tps feature 2.851
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.149
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.847
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:41.312
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
16.491
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 10.411
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 3.113
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.515
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.548
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 10.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.147
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I disable the first tps feature 2.727
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.073
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.159
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 10.125
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 13.339
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.612
When I write some files expected to persist 1.368
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.901
# 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" 17.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:55.132
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 10.060
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 40.801
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.943
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:40.088
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 12.292
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.418
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
Tags: @product
48.601
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 12.770
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.096
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:35.879
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 13.724
When I enable persistence 21.711
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.979
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.008
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.890
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
When I cold reboot the computer 10.507
And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.605
Given I enable persistence 9.980
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.594
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.518
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:23.173
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 12.935
# 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 27.898
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.523
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:32.815
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 5.114 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Changing the Persistent Storage passphrase' (at time 03:07:33)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5956/artifact/build-artifacts/03:07:33_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5956/artifact/build-artifacts/03:07:33_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5956/artifact/build-artifacts/03:07:33_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5956/artifact/build-artifacts/03:07:33_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
49.686
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 11.038
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.493
Then persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.924
And all notifications have disappeared 10.738
When I delete the persistent partition 2.971
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.859
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 10.168
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.092
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.629
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.651
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
55.811
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 10.038
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.394
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.393
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.432
And all notifications have disappeared 9.608
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.467
And all tps features are enabled 2.420
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:26.580
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 5:39.727
And I enable persistence 30.681
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.064
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.622
And persistence is enabled 2.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.602
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 9.678
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.217
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.859
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 10.492
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.420
When I enable persistence 10.996
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.132
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.144
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 10.393
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.375
When I try to enable persistence 1.334
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.847
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.312
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.350
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.082
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.309
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.070
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 10.441
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.100
When I try to enable persistence 1.338
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.552
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.298
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I log in to a new session 12.973
And all notifications have disappeared 11.180
# 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" 0.239
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.551
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.339
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.903
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.598
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 10.749
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.864
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.336
When I try to enable persistence 1.306
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.071
When I log in to a new session 12.300
And all notifications have disappeared 12.243
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.526
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000