Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5976 29 Nov 2025, 13:32

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 154 1 2 0 0 157 20 1 21 34:11.892 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:10.814
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:56.969
And I update APT using apt 6.270
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.371
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.411
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.300
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.063
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.372
And persistence is disabled 0.216
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:19.922
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 10.767
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.365
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.000
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.597
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.521
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.827
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.613
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
48.118
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 10.091
And the system is very low on memory 1.443
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.801
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.675
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.390
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.686
And I free up some memory 1.143
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.150
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:21.734
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 10.908
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.376
And all tps features are active 2.153
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.233
When I disable the first tps feature 2.621
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:50.158
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product
17.009
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 11.287
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.612
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.086
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 2.608
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.927
Scenario Deleting data of a Persistent Storage feature
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.073
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
And I disable the first tps feature 12.638
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:307:in `/^I (enable|disable) the first tps feature$/'
features/persistence.feature:68:in `And I disable the first tps feature'
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 0.000
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.181 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Deleting data of a Persistent Storage feature' (at time 03:03:30)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5976/artifact/build-artifacts/03:03:30_Deleting_data_of_a_Persistent_Storage_feature.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5976/artifact/build-artifacts/03:03:30_Deleting_data_of_a_Persistent_Storage_feature.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5976/artifact/build-artifacts/03:03:30_Deleting_data_of_a_Persistent_Storage_feature.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5976/artifact/build-artifacts/03:03:30_Deleting_data_of_a_Persistent_Storage_feature.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.708
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 10.007
And the network is plugged 0.101
And Tor is ready 14.885
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.615
When I write some files expected to persist 1.504
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.227
# 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" 23.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:27.679
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 9.881
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 10.341
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.200
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.689
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:46.236
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.084
And Tor is ready 12.518
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.372
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049
Tags: @product
42.275
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.117
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.094
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.026
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:48.370
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.060
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 18.279
When I enable persistence 18.165
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.883
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.159
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.491
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.259
When I cold reboot the computer 9.176
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.738
Given I enable persistence 15.056
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.662
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.315
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:51.250
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 9.866
# 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 23.458
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.091
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:43.934
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
44.729
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 10.853
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.972
Then persistence is disabled 0.132
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.323
And all notifications have disappeared 10.899
When I delete the persistent partition 3.049
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.304
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 9.846
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.599
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
1:4.839
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 10.597
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.355
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 21.155
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.249
And all notifications have disappeared 11.010
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 2.244
And all tps features are enabled 2.876
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:6.934
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 6:20.085
And I enable persistence 31.448
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.346
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.646
And persistence is enabled 2.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.454
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 14.079
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 37.734
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.240
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 9.692
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.735
When I enable persistence 11.083
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.133
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.237
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 10.347
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.861
When I try to enable persistence 1.474
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.520
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.421
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.214
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.206
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.496
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 10.183
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.100
When I try to enable persistence 1.415
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.342
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.321
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I log in to a new session 13.424
And all notifications have disappeared 10.324
# 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" 0.269
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.635
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.283
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.610
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.433
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 10.642
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.319
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.463
When I try to enable persistence 1.363
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.292
When I log in to a new session 18.489
And all notifications have disappeared 8.923
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.702
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000