Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6382 17 May 2026, 11:17

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 161 1 1 0 0 163 20 1 21 20:9.592 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.782
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.632
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.054
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.280
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.018
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.619
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.578
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:36.472
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.539
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.365
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.340
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.513
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.247
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.033
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27.391
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.407
And the system is very low on memory 3.049
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.171
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.578
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.096
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.403
And I free up some memory 0.886
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.748
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.842
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.163
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
And all tps features are active 1.136
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.925
When I disable the first tps feature 2.584
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.617
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.778
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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12.899
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.569
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.405
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.746
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.151
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 2.488
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.925
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
39.724
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.095
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.043
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.187
When I write some files expected to persist 1.170
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.265
# 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? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 11.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.573
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.185
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.398
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.267
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.226
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.890
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.319
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.073
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39.242
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.241
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.040
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:42.752
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.162
When I enable persistence 12.578
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.631
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.338
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.275
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.223
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.465
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.803
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
When I cold reboot the computer 8.936
And the computer reboots Tails 35.767
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.236
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.179
Given I enable persistence 7.065
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.219
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.486
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:6.733
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.168
# 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 26.572
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.326
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.665
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.029
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37.154
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.333
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.094
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.083
And all notifications have disappeared 7.572
When I delete the persistent partition 2.668
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:41.355
Scenario Dotfiles persistence
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.794
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.096
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.409
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:28.055
can 
can not find any of the patterns ["TailsGreeter.png", "PlymouthGraphicsCardFailureMessage.png"] on the screen (FindFailed)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:248:in `rescue in wait_any'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:232:in `wait_any'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:444:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:235:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:146:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 5.278 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Dotfiles persistence' (at time 02:26:28)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6382/artifact/build-artifacts/02:26:28_Dotfiles_persistence.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6382/artifact/build-artifacts/02:26:28_Dotfiles_persistence.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6382/artifact/build-artifacts/02:26:28_Dotfiles_persistence.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6382/artifact/build-artifacts/02:26:28_Dotfiles_persistence.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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39.203
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.925
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.401
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.427
And all notifications have disappeared 7.855
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.270
And all tps features are enabled 1.086
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:0.696
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.013
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 29.497
And I enable persistence 19.179
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.015
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.542
And persistence is enabled 1.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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22.219
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.013
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 6.953
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.564
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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23.421
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.006
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.475
When I enable persistence 6.293
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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22.884
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.686
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.233
When I try to enable persistence 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.085
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.134
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.308
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.162
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.850
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.430
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 7.495
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.164
And all notifications have disappeared 8.754
# 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" 0.148
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.114
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.279
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.301
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.625
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.702
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.177
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.304
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.158
When I log in to a new session 10.085
And all notifications have disappeared 7.905
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.472
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000