Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 39 26 Jun 2025, 11:23

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 45:14.761 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:32.420
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:49.259
And I update APT using apt 14.005
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.563
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.237
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.854
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 27.513
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.629
And persistence is disabled 0.545
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:44.588
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 12.136
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.420
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.134
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.217
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.666
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.999
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:49.381
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 2.544
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
1:1.738
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 12.624
And the system is very low on memory 3.205
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.702
When I try to create a persistent partition 25.547
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.133
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.664
And I free up some memory 2.493
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.092
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:19.033
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 14.117
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.579
And all tps features are active 2.420
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.493
When I disable the first tps feature 5.933
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.209
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.264
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:31.865
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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25.362
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 13.184
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.175
When I disable the first tps feature 6.436
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.084
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.071
When I enable the first tps feature 3.876
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.540
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.704
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 11.268
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.102
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 7.298
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.608
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.507
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 9.917
And the network is plugged 0.791
And Tor is ready 24.291
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.691
When I write some files expected to persist 2.032
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.640
# 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" 29.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:57.314
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.176
And the network is plugged 0.102
And Tor is ready 21.333
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.188
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.987
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:46.937
And I capture all network traffic 0.026
And the network is plugged 0.087
And Tor is ready 23.638
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.514
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.094
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
Tags: @product
1:2.778
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.022
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.159
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 23.402
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 27.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:44.412
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.018
When I enable persistence 49.997
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.511
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 28.343
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 57.238
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.303
<"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 7.115 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 05:01:36)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/39/artifact/build-artifacts/05:01:36_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/39/artifact/build-artifacts/05:01:36_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/39/artifact/build-artifacts/05:01:36_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/39/artifact/build-artifacts/05:01:36_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:20.962
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.089
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.932
# 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 37.873
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.274
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:40.754
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 33.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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1:6.547
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.099
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.587
Then persistence is disabled 0.756
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.951
And all notifications have disappeared 11.373
When I delete the persistent partition 8.033
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:29.124
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 12.010
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:3.773
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 2.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
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2:22.018
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.344
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.106
When I try to enable persistence 0.362
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 52.241
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 57.965
And all notifications have disappeared 7.517
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 6.256
And all tps features are enabled 3.260
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:23.850
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 3:52.155
And I enable persistence 44.304
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.046
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.539
And persistence is enabled 2.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.093
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.758
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.393
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.470
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.685
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.406
When I enable persistence 42.037
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.104
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.751
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.104
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.702
When I try to enable persistence 1.368
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.141
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.863
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.014
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.437
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.220
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:20.079
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.414
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.170
When I try to enable persistence 0.667
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 39.526
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.340
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.108
When I log in to a new session 52.093
And all notifications have disappeared 8.410
# 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" 0.478
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.520
When I close the "whisperback" window 2.081
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.032
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:13.764
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 9.470
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.079
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.586
When I try to enable persistence 1.490
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 25.171
When I log in to a new session 57.756
And all notifications have disappeared 8.348
Then the Tor Browser starts 19.589
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 3.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000