Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 37 25 Jun 2025, 00:39

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 150 1 6 0 0 157 20 1 21 42:25.585 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:43.735
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:54.240
And I update APT using apt 16.420
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 27.986
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 5.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.718
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 11.887
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.189
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.966
And persistence is disabled 0.687
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:46.706
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 13.495
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.609
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 32.085
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.810
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:40.482
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.921
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:1.446
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 11.810
And the system is very low on memory 4.383
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.366
When I try to create a persistent partition 23.074
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.298
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.702
And I free up some memory 2.670
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.829
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:13.624
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.387
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.418
And all tps features are active 2.397
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.080
When I disable the first tps feature 7.515
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.805
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.933
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:24.295
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
23.779
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.526
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.281
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.161
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.103
When I disable the first tps feature 7.176
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.084
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.059
When I enable the first tps feature 3.150
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.123
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.885
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.884
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I disable the first tps feature 6.216
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.488
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.420
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.372
And the network is plugged 0.084
And Tor is ready 24.253
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.651
When I write some files expected to persist 1.732
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.415
# 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" 27.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:32.579
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.555
And the network is plugged 0.087
And Tor is ready 21.818
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.198
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.386
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:27.478
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.080
And Tor is ready 20.208
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.353
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.112
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069
Tags: @product
1:10.764
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.041
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.325
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 28.884
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 29.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:38.716
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.909
When I enable persistence 45.115
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 16.722
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 28.430
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 56.045
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.493
<"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 6.139 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 04:49:24)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/37/artifact/build-artifacts/04:49:24_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/37/artifact/build-artifacts/04:49:24_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/37/artifact/build-artifacts/04:49:24_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/37/artifact/build-artifacts/04:49:24_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:54.423
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.701
# 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 40.348
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.515
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:17.023
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 33.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:2.367
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.500
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.592
Then persistence is disabled 0.543
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.276
And all notifications have disappeared 9.988
When I delete the persistent partition 6.501
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:44.349
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 10.091
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.761
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:24.078
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product
1:46.845
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.253
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 0.423
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 30.073
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.683
And all notifications have disappeared 11.125
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.046
And all tps features are enabled 2.594
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:21.449
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 3:32.963
And I enable persistence 56.562
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.264
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.676
And persistence is enabled 3.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.068
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 8.991
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.150
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.175
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.667
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.332
When I enable persistence 33.299
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.107
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.515
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.962
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.137
When I try to enable persistence 1.571
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 25.873
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.659
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 5.329
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.131
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.280
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:0.205
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.742
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.123
When I try to enable persistence 0.418
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.229
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.114
When I log in to a new session 46.879
And all notifications have disappeared 9.904
# 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" 0.761
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.767
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.722
Then the Tor Browser starts 16.922
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:4.807
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 10.022
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.358
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.554
When I try to enable persistence 0.521
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 20.547
When I log in to a new session 49.556
And all notifications have disappeared 10.162
Then the Tor Browser starts 25.980
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000