Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 47 05 Jul 2025, 10:22

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 146 2 9 0 0 157 19 2 21 54:49.118 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
2:58.480
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:5.645
And I update APT using apt 16.763
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 31.906
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 4.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.222
Scenario Booting Tails from a USB drive with a disabled persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 39.747
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 6.475
<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:14:in `When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage'
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.000
And persistence is disabled 0.000
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.769 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive with a disabled persistent partition' (at time 03:31:04)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/47/artifact/build-artifacts/03:31:04_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/47/artifact/build-artifacts/03:31:04_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/47/artifact/build-artifacts/03:31:04_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/47/artifact/build-artifacts/03:31:04_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:33.514
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 15.885
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.918
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.331
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 31.348
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.955
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.979
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:24.607
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.043
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:15.976
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 12.826
And the system is very low on memory 9.128
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 2.674
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.134
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.563
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.771
And I free up some memory 5.371
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.316
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:7.782
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 enabled and logged in 14.216
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 3.004
And all tps features are active 3.539
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.643
When I disable the first tps feature 6.351
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.871
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.025
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:13.822
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
34.412
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 19.090
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.201
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.191
When I disable the first tps feature 8.673
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.379
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.114
When I enable the first tps feature 5.513
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
44.280
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 26.076
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.386
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I disable the first tps feature 12.868
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.789
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.065
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 18.531
And the network is plugged 0.108
And Tor is ready 31.738
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.804
When I write some files expected to persist 2.043
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.381
# 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" 43.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:45.571
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 enabled and logged in 12.170
And the network is plugged 1.223
And Tor is ready 28.613
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.263
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.287
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:23.275
And I capture all network traffic 0.018
And the network is plugged 0.097
And Tor is ready 22.899
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.457
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.096
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product
1:27.710
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 16.330
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.458
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 29.364
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 40.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:27.246
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.420
When I enable persistence 1:11.077
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 17.964
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 36.781
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:7.475
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.527
<"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 7.966 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 03:54:13)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/47/artifact/build-artifacts/03:54:13_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/47/artifact/build-artifacts/03:54:13_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/47/artifact/build-artifacts/03:54:13_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/47/artifact/build-artifacts/03:54:13_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:41.760
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.070
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 16.139
# 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 42.277
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.291
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:36.233
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 47.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
1:29.250
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 11.780
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 35.087
Then persistence is disabled 0.512
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.836
And all notifications have disappeared 15.739
When I delete the persistent partition 7.037
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:40.375
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.210
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.354
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.558
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.945
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:8.645
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 2.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.165
Tags: @product
2:22.023
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.061
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.302
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.122
When I try to enable persistence 0.365
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 51.463
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.726
And all notifications have disappeared 12.335
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.477
And all tps features are enabled 6.262
And all tps features but the first one are active 3.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:9.306
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 4:22.133
And I enable persistence 57.475
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.877
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.618
And persistence is enabled 4.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.315
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.069
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 11.152
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 31.009
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.616
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 26.562
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.306
When I enable persistence 46.389
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.080
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.772
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 16.113
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.746
When I try to enable persistence 1.626
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 42.225
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 6.282
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.980
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 2.027
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:36.617
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 9.192
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.101
When I try to enable persistence 0.383
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 44.858
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.583
When I log in to a new session 50.757
And all notifications have disappeared 15.699
# 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" 0.306
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.666
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.746
Then the Tor Browser starts 28.188
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:40.818
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 9.355
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.699
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.616
When I try to enable persistence 0.424
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 27.638
When I log in to a new session 1:11.904
And all notifications have disappeared 8.062
Then the Tor Browser starts 30.125
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000