Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5978 01 Dec 2025, 16:24

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 31:40.629 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:25.360
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:11.469
And I update APT using apt 6.494
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.340
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.440
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 10.775
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.332
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.054
And persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:20.665
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 10.352
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.578
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.117
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.251
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.674
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.268
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:37.724
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.610
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
38.470
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 14.147
And the system is very low on memory 1.225
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.179
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.466
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.245
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.629
And I free up some memory 1.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.853
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:12.099
Scenario Booting Tails from a USB drive with an enabled persistent partition and reconfiguring it
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 12.309
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.338
And all tps features are active 2.532
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.336
When I disable the first tps feature 2.600
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.399
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.239
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:31.342
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:49:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.405 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive with an enabled persistent partition and reconfiguring it' (at time 02:51:15)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5978/artifact/build-artifacts/02:51:15_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_an_enabled_persistent_partition_and_reconfiguring_it.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5978/artifact/build-artifacts/02:51:15_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_an_enabled_persistent_partition_and_reconfiguring_it.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5978/artifact/build-artifacts/02:51:15_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_an_enabled_persistent_partition_and_reconfiguring_it.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5978/artifact/build-artifacts/02:51:15_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_an_enabled_persistent_partition_and_reconfiguring_it.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
16.344
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 10.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.717
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.068
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.652
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.478
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 9.421
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I disable the first tps feature 3.602
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.235
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.148
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 10.106
And the network is plugged 0.087
And Tor is ready 13.742
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.575
When I write some files expected to persist 1.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.497
# 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" 18.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:23.266
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 10.322
And the network is plugged 0.089
And Tor is ready 9.890
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.503
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.912
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 13.404
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.510
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.113
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
Tags: @product
43.042
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 10.517
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.076
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.620
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:41.295
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 10.332
When I enable persistence 13.758
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.609
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.078
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 32.861
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.243
When I cold reboot the computer 9.169
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.335
Given I enable persistence 12.544
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.513
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 18.693
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:39.645
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 10.247
# 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 21.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.006
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:41.424
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
40.489
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 9.675
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.437
Then persistence is disabled 0.121
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.009
And all notifications have disappeared 10.745
When I delete the persistent partition 3.097
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:1.274
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 10.518
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.144
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.902
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.419
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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49.325
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 9.770
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.330
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 8.751
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.457
And all notifications have disappeared 9.816
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.484
And all tps features are enabled 3.074
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:9.040
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 5:24.843
And I enable persistence 27.538
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.888
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.627
And persistence is enabled 2.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.382
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 8.987
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.532
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.303
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 10.331
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.965
When I enable persistence 12.582
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.107
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 10.852
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.223
When I try to enable persistence 1.321
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.589
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.806
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.303
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.437
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.828
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 10.065
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.376
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.307
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I log in to a new session 12.337
And all notifications have disappeared 10.947
# 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" 0.281
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.547
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.271
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.148
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.619
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 10.166
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.607
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.321
When I try to enable persistence 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.657
When I log in to a new session 12.712
And all notifications have disappeared 10.007
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.559
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 2.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000