Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6694 26 Sep 2026, 21:21

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 159 1 3 0 0 163 20 1 21 26:28.028 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
6:2.975
Scenario Tails Persistent Storage behave tests
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 6:2.975
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/common_steps.rb:764:in `/^available upgrades have been checked$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:206:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:203:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:203:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:226:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ and\ logged\ in\ with\ an\ administration\ password\ and\ the\ network\ is\ connected$/'
features/persistence.feature:7:in `Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected'
And I update the APT lists using apt 0.000
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 0.000
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.885 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails Persistent Storage behave tests' (at time 03:05:39)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6694/artifact/build-artifacts/03:05:39_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6694/artifact/build-artifacts/03:05:39_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6694/artifact/build-artifacts/03:05:39_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6694/artifact/build-artifacts/03:05:39_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.096
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.348
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.674
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.206
And persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.893
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.641
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.922
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.299
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.437
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.142
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.939
And the system is very low on memory 3.726
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.315
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.327
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.082
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.407
And I free up some memory 0.425
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.747
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.387
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.097
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And all tps features are active 7.521
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.674
When I disable the first tps feature 2.436
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.459
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.252
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.357
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
12.506
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.811
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.040
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.458
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.029
When I enable the first tps feature 1.924
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.986
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.551
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.435
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.845
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.574
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 9.656
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.062
When I write some files expected to persist 1.004
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.339
# 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" 11.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.412
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.640
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 9.043
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.478
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.236
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 10.291
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.354
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.106
Tags: @product
35.734
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.354
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.071
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.054
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:43.206
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.455
When I enable persistence 20.199
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.205
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.921
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.377
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.274
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.532
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.884
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
When I cold reboot the computer 4.497
And the computer reboots Tails 31.453
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.345
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
Given I enable persistence 12.992
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.284
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.165
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:6.593
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.122
# 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 30.689
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.540
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.007
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
36.503
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.102
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.636
Then persistence is disabled 0.066
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.763
And all notifications have disappeared 8.150
When I delete the persistent partition 2.576
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.507
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.170
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.113
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
53.835
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.330
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.898
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.962
And all notifications have disappeared 7.376
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.247
And all tps features are enabled 7.451
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:36.845
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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 1:57.253
And I enable persistence 24.488
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.274
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.481
And persistence is enabled 7.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.307
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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 7.354
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.522
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.850
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.444
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.260
When I enable persistence 12.555
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.695
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.037
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.614
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.106
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.247
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.782
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.785
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.949
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 7.140
And all notifications have disappeared 8.092
# 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" 0.180
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.110
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.200
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.084
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
36.385
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.849
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.411
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.238
When I try to enable persistence 1.132
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.923
When I log in to a new session 7.292
And all notifications have disappeared 6.646
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.183
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000