Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5987 06 Dec 2025, 21:07

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 147 2 8 0 0 157 19 2 21 29:18.246 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:52.257
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 2:38.971
And I update APT using apt 5.988
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.308
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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37.416
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 17.622
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.482
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.380
And persistence is disabled 0.163
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.692
Scenario Creating a Persistent Storage
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 10.567
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.354
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.134
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 49.634
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 10.001
The 
The file /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/Persistent/foo does not exist after 10 seconds (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:949:in `/^the file "([^"]+)" exists(?:| after at most (\d+) seconds)$/'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1670:in `/^the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage$/'
features/persistence.feature:24:in `Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage'
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 0.000
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.000
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 14.823 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating a Persistent Storage' (at time 02:37:02)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5987/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:02_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5987/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:02_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5987/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:02_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:20.112
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 34.704
And the system is very low on memory 2.342
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.521
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.919
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.155
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.579
And I free up some memory 1.018
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 32.233
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.911
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 0.005
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.661
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.529
And all tps features are active 2.333
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.513
When I disable the first tps feature 13.874
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:46:in `When I disable the first tps feature'
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 0.000
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 7.588 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive with an enabled persistent partition and reconfiguring it' (at time 02:39:10)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5987/artifact/build-artifacts/02:39:10_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/5987/artifact/build-artifacts/02:39:10_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/5987/artifact/build-artifacts/02:39:10_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/5987/artifact/build-artifacts/02:39:10_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_an_enabled_persistent_partition_and_reconfiguring_it.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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15.909
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 enabled and logged in 9.869
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.666
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.098
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.076
When I enable the first tps feature 2.836
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
15.608
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 9.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I disable the first tps feature 2.688
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.199
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.044
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.407
And the network is plugged 0.082
And Tor is ready 14.839
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.739
When I write some files expected to persist 1.403
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.193
# 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" 18.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:3.758
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 9.619
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 11.709
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.776
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.389
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 16.283
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.404
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.100
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059
Tags: @product
47.055
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 10.439
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.105
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.371
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:8.072
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 10.494
When I enable persistence 14.599
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 16.081
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.143
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.829
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.202
When I cold reboot the computer 9.454
And the computer reboots Tails 40.604
Given I enable persistence 14.582
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.542
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.366
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
2:25.703
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 9.876
# 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 22.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.803
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:19.454
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product
43.661
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 11.910
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.783
Then persistence is disabled 0.126
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.826
And all notifications have disappeared 10.041
When I delete the persistent partition 3.469
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.538
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 9.829
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.207
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.162
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
53.001
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 9.737
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.477
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.898
And all notifications have disappeared 9.559
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.517
And all tps features are enabled 2.361
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:28.334
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 5:43.831
And I enable persistence 22.831
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.350
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.814
And persistence is enabled 7.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.844
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.425
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.809
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.267
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 10.108
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.653
When I enable persistence 10.997
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.569
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 9.896
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 4.996
When I try to enable persistence 1.423
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.819
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.379
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.322
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.286
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.583
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 10.708
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.115
When I try to enable persistence 1.344
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.218
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.090
When I log in to a new session 13.574
And all notifications have disappeared 10.017
# 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" 0.308
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.545
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.290
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.337
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.931
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.992
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.119
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.351
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.949
When I log in to a new session 11.750
And all notifications have disappeared 9.675
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.655
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000