Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 42 29 Jun 2025, 10:43

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 53:53.245 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:8.687
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.047
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:10.941
And I update APT using apt 22.853
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 32.487
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.359
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 15.844
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 30.666
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.886
And persistence is disabled 1.343
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:48.454
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 19.867
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.551
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.147
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 35.866
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.624
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.233
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:28.175
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 4.887
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
1:22.038
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 21.077
And the system is very low on memory 3.358
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.041
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.935
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.373
When I close the Persistent Storage app 5.640
And I free up some memory 4.978
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.036
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:8.904
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 14.383
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.340
And all tps features are active 3.049
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.620
When I disable the first tps feature 7.641
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.264
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.877
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:11.983
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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26.306
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 11.079
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.150
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.186
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
When I disable the first tps feature 11.313
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.093
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.066
When I enable the first tps feature 3.185
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.342
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 24.757
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.108
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.985
And I disable the first tps feature 9.167
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.228
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.544
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 18.760
And the network is plugged 0.100
And Tor is ready 30.419
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.947
When I write some files expected to persist 2.508
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.493
# 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" 38.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:49.359
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 16.100
And the network is plugged 0.099
And Tor is ready 31.771
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.495
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.774
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:56.797
And I capture all network traffic 0.013
And the network is plugged 0.171
And Tor is ready 51.051
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.598
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.132
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.086
Tags: @product
1:20.748
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.495
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.548
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 30.324
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 35.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:17.984
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 18.510
When I enable persistence 1:6.087
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 16.646
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.676
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 55.834
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.228
<"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 6.925 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 04:15:17)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/42/artifact/build-artifacts/04:15:17_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/42/artifact/build-artifacts/04:15:17_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/42/artifact/build-artifacts/04:15:17_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/42/artifact/build-artifacts/04:15:17_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:34.001
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 14.300
# 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 57.252
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.431
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:12.115
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 52.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product
1:23.194
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 16.450
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.021
Then persistence is disabled 2.622
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.491
And all notifications have disappeared 15.618
When I delete the persistent partition 7.873
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:16.680
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 enabled and logged in 13.598
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.101
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.751
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:48.762
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.080
Tags: @product
2:13.918
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.066
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.294
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.119
When I try to enable persistence 0.281
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 53.819
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.139
And all notifications have disappeared 10.623
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.921
And all tps features are enabled 2.606
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:11.092
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.066
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 4:18.647
And I enable persistence 54.597
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.624
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.714
And persistence is enabled 3.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.434
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.646
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 28.778
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:19.112
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 15.511
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 14.227
When I enable persistence 45.646
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.095
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.204
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 14.374
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.345
When I try to enable persistence 2.603
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 32.458
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.682
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 6.485
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.295
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.184
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:41.050
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 13.535
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.100
When I try to enable persistence 0.251
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 55.149
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.461
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.109
When I log in to a new session 43.454
And all notifications have disappeared 16.002
# 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" 0.487
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.749
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.566
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.661
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:29.827
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.316
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.824
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 3.203
When I try to enable persistence 0.678
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 28.340
When I log in to a new session 57.912
And all notifications have disappeared 11.514
Then the Tor Browser starts 25.096
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000