Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 31 22 Jun 2025, 09:42

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 131 4 22 0 0 157 17 4 21 42:11.056 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
2:3.926
Scenario Tails Persistent Storage behave tests
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:3.926
TCA 
TCA did not start (TorBootstrapFailure)
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:375:in `rescue in block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:371:in `/^the Tor Connection Assistant (?:autostarts|is running)$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:652:in `/^I successfully configure Tor$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:607:in `/^Tor is ready$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:153:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ and\ logged\ in\ with\ an\ administration\ password\ and\ the\ network\ is\ connected$/'
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 APT 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:330 9.456 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails Persistent Storage behave tests' (at time 02:47:53)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:53_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:53_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:53_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:53_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:53_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.157
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 13.094
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 26.911
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.151
And persistence is disabled 0.318
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:31.951
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 12.186
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.513
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.292
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.157
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.216
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.503
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:33.852
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.145
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product
1:2.757
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 12.282
And the system is very low on memory 4.745
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.835
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.204
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.375
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.003
And I free up some memory 3.425
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.264
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:11.516
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 12.721
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.959
And all tps features are active 3.611
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.488
When I disable the first tps feature 7.305
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.398
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.550
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.965
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
21.721
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 11.219
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.130
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.104
When I disable the first tps feature 6.181
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.117
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 3.658
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.483
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 9.896
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.175
And I disable the first tps feature 5.678
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.567
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.917
Scenario Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.393
And the network is plugged 0.082
And Tor is ready 1:2.441
TCA 
TCA did not start (TorBootstrapFailure)
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:375:in `rescue in block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:371:in `/^the Tor Connection Assistant (?:autostarts|is running)$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:652:in `/^I successfully configure Tor$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:607:in `/^Tor is ready$/'
features/persistence.feature:75:in `And Tor is ready'
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.000
When I write some files expected to persist 0.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
# 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" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 10.561 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition' (at time 02:58:59)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/02:58:59_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/02:58:59_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/02:58:59_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/02:58:59_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/02:58:59_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.609
Scenario Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.240
And the network is plugged 0.098
And Tor is ready 1:3.270
TCA 
TCA did not start (TorBootstrapFailure)
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:375:in `rescue in block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:371:in `/^the Tor Connection Assistant (?:autostarts|is running)$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:652:in `/^I successfully configure Tor$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:607:in `/^Tor is ready$/'
features/persistence.feature:85:in `And Tor is ready'
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 0.000
And I capture all network traffic 0.000
And the network is plugged 0.000
And Tor is ready 0.000
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.000
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.000
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 9.293 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection' (at time 03:00:22)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/03:00:22_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/03:00:22_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/03:00:22_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/03:00:22_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/03:00:22_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.515
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.980
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.197
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.466
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:49.569
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 12.294
When I enable persistence 1:0.633
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.354
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 31.044
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.604
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.638
<"TAILS_FORMATS=de_DE\n" 
<"TAILS_FORMATS=de_DE\n" +
"TAILS_LOCALE_NAME=de_DE\n" +
"TAILS_MACSPOOF_ENABLED=false\n" +
"TAILS_NETWORK=false\n" +
"TAILS_UNSAFE_BROWSER_ENABLED=false\n" +
"TAILS_XKBLAYOUT=de\n" +
"TAILS_XKBMODEL=pc105\n" +
"TAILS_XKBVARIANT=\n"> expected but was
<"TAILS_FORMATS=de_DE\n" +
"TAILS_MACSPOOF_ENABLED=false\n" +
"TAILS_NETWORK=false\n" +
"TAILS_UNSAFE_BROWSER_ENABLED=false\n">.

diff:
  TAILS_FORMATS=de_DE
- TAILS_LOCALE_NAME=de_DE
  TAILS_MACSPOOF_ENABLED=false
  TAILS_NETWORK=false
  TAILS_UNSAFE_BROWSER_ENABLED=false
- TAILS_XKBLAYOUT=de
- TAILS_XKBMODEL=pc105
- TAILS_XKBVARIANT= (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1633:in `/^all Greeter options are set to (non-)?default values$/'
features/persistence.feature:108:in `Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values'
When I cold reboot the computer 0.000
And the computer reboots Tails 0.000
Given I enable persistence 0.000
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.000
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 0.000
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.178 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 03:04:26)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/03:04:26_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/03:04:26_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/03:04:26_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/31/artifact/build-artifacts/03:04:26_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:34.739
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 11.575
# 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 41.240
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.405
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:38.172
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 50.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:2.631
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.760
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.848
Then persistence is disabled 0.725
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.811
And all notifications have disappeared 11.177
When I delete the persistent partition 9.373
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:51.968
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 11.401
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.157
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.460
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:27.934
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
2:5.413
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 10.752
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.220
When I try to enable persistence 0.431
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 40.383
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.948
And all notifications have disappeared 11.470
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 6.020
And all tps features are enabled 3.815
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:23.766
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 3:50.357
And I enable persistence 43.408
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.659
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.452
And persistence is enabled 3.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.446
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.073
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 28.829
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 27.418
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.810
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 14.551
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.682
When I enable persistence 46.844
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.091
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.436
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.903
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.282
When I try to enable persistence 0.473
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 34.642
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.959
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 9.910
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 5.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.582
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:28.761
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 13.657
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.158
When I try to enable persistence 0.435
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 49.894
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.294
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.094
When I log in to a new session 37.380
And all notifications have disappeared 17.389
# 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" 0.855
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.635
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.817
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.592
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 2.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:25.955
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 10.493
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.179
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.594
When I try to enable persistence 0.568
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 27.312
When I log in to a new session 55.558
And all notifications have disappeared 8.493
Then the Tor Browser starts 31.790
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000