Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6060 14 Jan 2026, 12:56

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 160 1 2 0 0 163 20 1 21 45:57.823 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:21.832
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:2.147
And I update APT using apt 9.079
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.394
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.572
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 24.384
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.593
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.363
And persistence is disabled 0.182
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 11.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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8:30.744
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.063
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 28.085
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.593
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.161
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 3:10.957
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.505
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 28.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:20.188
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.923
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 11.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
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2:12.832
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 55.677
And the system is very low on memory 8.822
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.205
When I try to create a persistent partition 9.328
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.143
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.511
And I free up some memory 1.706
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 53.830
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:40.074
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 14.052
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.416
And all tps features are active 16.365
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.772
When I disable the first tps feature 8.854
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.284
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.004
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:26.118
Then all tps features but the first one are active 16.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
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33.715
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 20.320
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.118
When I disable the first tps feature 9.033
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.556
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.099
When I enable the first tps feature 3.253
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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23.626
Scenario Deleting data of a Persistent Storage feature
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.336
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.108
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I disable the first tps feature 13.099
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 31.757 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Deleting data of a Persistent Storage feature' (at time 03:00:16)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6060/artifact/build-artifacts/03:00:16_Deleting_data_of_a_Persistent_Storage_feature.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6060/artifact/build-artifacts/03:00:16_Deleting_data_of_a_Persistent_Storage_feature.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6060/artifact/build-artifacts/03:00:16_Deleting_data_of_a_Persistent_Storage_feature.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6060/artifact/build-artifacts/03:00:16_Deleting_data_of_a_Persistent_Storage_feature.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:50.762
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.063
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 15.981
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 42.873
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.717
When I write some files expected to persist 1.703
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.792
# 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" 19.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:26.162
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 10.917
And the network is plugged 0.114
And Tor is ready 25.840
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.709
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.070
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 12.409
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.465
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.091
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
Tags: @product
57.068
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 14.211
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.123
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.563
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:47.179
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 22.615
When I enable persistence 27.775
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.586
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.595
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.529
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.481
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.823
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.769
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.191
When I cold reboot the computer 11.195
And the computer reboots Tails 45.633
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.481
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.854
Given I enable persistence 14.284
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.094
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.390
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.712
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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2:36.831
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 13.713
# 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 30.366
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.033
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:22.323
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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52.684
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 12.249
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.194
Then persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.966
And all notifications have disappeared 10.853
When I delete the persistent partition 3.546
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:50.327
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 11.181
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.337
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:27.080
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:3.556
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 11.528
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.291
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 20.698
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.778
And all notifications have disappeared 10.153
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.400
And all tps features are enabled 2.460
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:58.024
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 6:11.866
And I enable persistence 29.317
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.678
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.731
And persistence is enabled 2.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.846
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.260
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.815
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.492
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 12.567
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.400
When I enable persistence 14.050
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.608
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 11.010
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.534
When I try to enable persistence 1.581
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.300
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.316
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.936
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.393
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.388
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.767
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 10.500
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.105
When I try to enable persistence 1.344
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.780
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I log in to a new session 12.909
And all notifications have disappeared 12.538
# 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" 0.227
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.555
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.339
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.999
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.112
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 10.217
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.670
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.369
When I try to enable persistence 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 6.551
When I log in to a new session 11.821
And all notifications have disappeared 12.129
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.816
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000