Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry 11 07 May 2026, 12:23

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 157 1 5 0 0 163 20 1 21 23:31.343 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.275
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.164
And I update APT using apt 7.671
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.431
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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31.410
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 9.191
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.323
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.754
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.409
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.357
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.830
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.577
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.552
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.604
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.240
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
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31.611
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.993
And the system is very low on memory 4.495
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.320
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.912
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.152
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.484
And I free up some memory 0.878
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.857
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.047
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 enabled and logged in 8.501
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.355
And all tps features are active 1.401
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.642
When I disable the first tps feature 3.139
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.553
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.964
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.129
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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13.757
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 enabled and logged in 7.672
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 3.123
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.092
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.629
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 7.857
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.673
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.904
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
59.896
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 enabled and logged in 8.071
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.538
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.435
When I write some files expected to persist 1.348
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.693
# 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" 12.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:32.876
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 enabled and logged in 8.871
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 18.249
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.602
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.908
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 23.441
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.415
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.040
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43.329
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.110
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.072
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.801
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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3:2.738
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 10.282
When I enable persistence 15.057
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.316
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.435
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.449
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.275
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.663
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.283
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.183
When I cold reboot the computer 10.595
And the computer reboots Tails 40.643
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.397
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.234
Given I enable persistence 8.754
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.272
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.540
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.058
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2:16.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.575
# 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 26.415
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.077
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.688
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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43.062
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 9.416
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.263
Then persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.281
And all notifications have disappeared 8.516
When I delete the persistent partition 2.859
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:29.084
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 8.741
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.858
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.172
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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45.881
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 8.297
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.568
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.578
And all notifications have disappeared 8.325
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.289
And all tps features are enabled 1.276
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:10.250
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 33.431
And I enable persistence 22.145
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.052
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.673
And persistence is enabled 1.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.071
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.600
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.901
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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26.465
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 8.512
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.379
When I enable persistence 7.177
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.088
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.223
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.174
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.903
When I try to enable persistence 1.375
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.488
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.626
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.169
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.957
Scenario Manual filesystem repair fails
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.827
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.309
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 14.571
And all notifications have disappeared 25.768
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
STDOUT:

STDERR:
Exception ignored in: <function Ponytail.__del__ at 0x751734a913a0>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ponytail/ponytail.py", line 51, in __del__
    if (self.connected):
AttributeError: 'Ponytail' object has no attribute 'connected'

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:85:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:763:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:763:in `/^all notifications have disappeared$/'
features/persistence.feature:199:in `And all notifications have disappeared'
# 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" 0.000
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.000
When I close the "whisperback" window 0.000
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.000
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 5.319 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Manual filesystem repair fails' (at time 02:40:25)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry/11/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:25_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry/11/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:25_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry/11/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:25_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry/11/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:25_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.009
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 8.512
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.141
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.381
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.954
When I log in to a new session 12.465
And all notifications have disappeared 9.623
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.023
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000