Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6257 02 Apr 2026, 11:08

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 155 1 7 0 0 163 20 1 21 21:43.708 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.119
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 1:21.487
And I update APT using apt 6.461
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.325
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.969
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 9.526
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.826
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.250
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:37.686
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.435
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.476
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.382
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.509
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.307
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.230
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.181
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product
28.897
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.456
And the system is very low on memory 4.298
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.157
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.633
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.126
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.517
And I free up some memory 0.872
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.778
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.677
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.616
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
And all tps features are active 1.322
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.949
When I disable the first tps feature 2.517
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.658
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
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13.128
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 7.513
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.119
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.045
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 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.522
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.187
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 7.583
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 2.588
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.818
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.918
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 7.825
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 16.479
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.401
When I write some files expected to persist 1.211
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.222
# 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" 12.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:26.585
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 7.686
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 16.834
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.144
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.934
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.650
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 22.754
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.372
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
Tags: @product
40.839
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.481
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.103
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.676
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:32.459
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.744
When I enable persistence 12.720
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.604
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.808
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.395
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.260
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.510
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.490
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
When I cold reboot the computer 6.726
And the computer reboots Tails 42.068
Known 
Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:448:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
features/persistence.feature:114:in `And the computer reboots Tails'
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.000
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.000
Given I enable persistence 0.000
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.000
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.000
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 0.000
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.122 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 02:24:02)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6257/artifact/build-artifacts/02:24:02_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6257/artifact/build-artifacts/02:24:02_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6257/artifact/build-artifacts/02:24:02_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6257/artifact/build-artifacts/02:24:02_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
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2:11.415
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 7.906
# 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 26.612
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.579
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.530
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
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38.323
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.111
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.306
Then persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.589
And all notifications have disappeared 8.012
When I delete the persistent partition 2.849
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.201
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 7.685
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.673
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.481
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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44.229
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.059
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.135
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.178
And all notifications have disappeared 8.146
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.825
And all tps features are enabled 1.555
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.016
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 31.579
And I enable persistence 20.978
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.046
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.689
And persistence is enabled 1.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.120
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.473
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.087
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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26.320
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.285
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.116
When I enable persistence 8.074
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.460
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 8.208
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.338
When I try to enable persistence 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.812
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.451
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.192
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.776
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.240
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.082
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.859
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.384
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 12.443
And all notifications have disappeared 8.942
# 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" 0.298
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.670
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.271
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.558
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.375
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.765
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.491
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.428
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.612
When I log in to a new session 10.340
And all notifications have disappeared 8.582
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.838
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000