Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 40 27 Jun 2025, 11:19

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 144 2 11 0 0 157 19 2 21 54:21.157 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:12.139
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 2:14.668
And I update APT using apt 21.732
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 31.394
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 4.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.713
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.202
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 32.279
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.056
And persistence is disabled 0.555
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 25.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:4.486
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 40.027
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.556
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.162
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 40.034
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.713
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.539
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:24.771
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.596
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product
1:19.219
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 13.683
And the system is very low on memory 4.611
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.556
When I try to create a persistent partition 29.141
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 1.203
When I close the Persistent Storage app 5.120
And I free up some memory 2.642
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.610
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:56.943
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 15.604
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.983
And all tps features are active 2.536
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.030
When I disable the first tps feature 9.731
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:1.268
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
23.943
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.546
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.231
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.237
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.117
When I disable the first tps feature 7.310
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.074
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.063
When I enable the first tps feature 3.187
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.677
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 14.773
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.262
And I disable the first tps feature 6.293
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 9.173
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.942
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 11.060
And the network is plugged 0.407
And Tor is ready 27.385
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.665
When I write some files expected to persist 1.710
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.963
# 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" 36.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:5.054
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 15.084
And the network is plugged 0.152
And Tor is ready 22.609
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.189
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.898
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:47.522
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.087
And Tor is ready 26.701
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.511
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.105
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059
Tags: @product
1:25.533
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 13.193
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 2.196
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 34.066
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 36.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:22.762
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 18.909
When I enable persistence 1:13.979
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 17.670
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.895
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.554
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.753
<"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 9.712 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 04:40:52)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/40/artifact/build-artifacts/04:40:52_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/40/artifact/build-artifacts/04:40:52_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/40/artifact/build-artifacts/04:40:52_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/40/artifact/build-artifacts/04:40:52_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:30.373
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 enabled and logged in 11.133
# 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 1:12.339
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.568
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:7.453
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 40.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product
20.128
Scenario Deleting a Tails persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.028
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.815
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 6.313
<false> 
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:532:in `/^I log in to a new session(?: in ([^ ]*) \(([^ ]*)\))?( without activating the Persistent Storage)?( after having activated the Persistent Storage| expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:128:in `And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage'
Then persistence is disabled 0.000
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
And all notifications have disappeared 0.000
When I delete the persistent partition 0.000
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.770 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Deleting a Tails persistent partition' (at time 04:46:56)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/40/artifact/build-artifacts/04:46:56_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/40/artifact/build-artifacts/04:46:56_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/40/artifact/build-artifacts/04:46:56_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/40/artifact/build-artifacts/04:46:56_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:49.252
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 26.267
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.095
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.416
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:7.284
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product
2:30.352
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 12.905
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.131
When I try to enable persistence 0.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 55.012
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:0.461
And all notifications have disappeared 9.614
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 6.866
And all tps features are enabled 2.591
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:15.688
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 5:22.252
And I enable persistence 55.878
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.848
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.888
And persistence is enabled 2.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.078
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 11.719
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 29.416
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.119
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.415
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 16.238
When I enable persistence 44.441
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.101
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.636
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 17.427
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.314
When I try to enable persistence 1.591
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 36.277
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.608
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.726
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.589
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.736
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:45.530
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.838
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 0.317
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 48.600
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 3.899
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.748
When I log in to a new session 51.325
And all notifications have disappeared 14.216
# 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" 0.359
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.699
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.595
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.937
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 3.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:49.580
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.588
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.798
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.651
When I try to enable persistence 2.294
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 37.492
When I log in to a new session 1:4.747
And all notifications have disappeared 12.796
Then the Tor Browser starts 26.067
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000