Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 48 06 Jul 2025, 09:51

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 46:42.971 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:37.716
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 1:49.666
And I update APT using apt 17.305
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.499
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 4.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
49.503
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 11.793
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 27.606
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.710
And persistence is disabled 0.379
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:43.840
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 17.701
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.715
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.160
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 30.642
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.280
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.836
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:39.910
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.503
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
1:7.623
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 11.214
And the system is very low on memory 8.465
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.284
When I try to create a persistent partition 23.795
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.417
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.647
And I free up some memory 3.158
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.294
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:30.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.092
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 16.907
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.511
And all tps features are active 2.987
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.877
When I disable the first tps feature 7.779
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.210
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.517
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:39.601
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product
25.421
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 12.100
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.121
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.133
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.201
When I disable the first tps feature 7.727
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.126
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.092
When I enable the first tps feature 3.736
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.912
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.032
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.338
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.127
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.130
And I disable the first tps feature 6.867
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 5.258
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.556
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.182
And the network is plugged 0.116
And Tor is ready 27.411
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.852
When I write some files expected to persist 2.159
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.538
# 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" 32.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:14.932
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 12.255
And the network is plugged 0.232
And Tor is ready 49.892
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.268
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.279
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:37.536
And I capture all network traffic 0.014
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 22.092
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.452
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.105
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 2.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049
Tags: @product
1:11.738
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.074
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.155
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 31.088
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 27.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:3.314
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 15.133
When I enable persistence 1:0.163
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.944
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 36.558
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 54.990
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.523
<"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 6.588 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 03:34:09)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/48/artifact/build-artifacts/03:34:09_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/48/artifact/build-artifacts/03:34:09_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/48/artifact/build-artifacts/03:34:09_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/48/artifact/build-artifacts/03:34:09_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:55.956
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 13.416
# 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 39.722
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.312
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:57.651
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 45.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:12.292
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 12.539
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 26.875
Then persistence is disabled 0.474
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.953
And all notifications have disappeared 11.121
When I delete the persistent partition 8.396
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:59.458
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 11.452
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.668
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:37.078
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
2:0.318
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 10.837
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.148
When I try to enable persistence 0.374
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 36.719
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.312
And all notifications have disappeared 8.543
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.765
And all tps features are enabled 6.065
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:31.884
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 3:56.023
And I enable persistence 45.774
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.122
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.577
And persistence is enabled 3.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.121
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.751
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.530
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.273
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.073
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.985
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.533
When I enable persistence 51.792
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.095
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.044
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 11.323
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.850
When I try to enable persistence 1.637
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 34.221
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.059
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.623
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.982
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.342
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:20.419
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 10.147
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.103
When I try to enable persistence 0.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 37.569
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.396
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.104
When I log in to a new session 48.424
And all notifications have disappeared 11.067
# 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" 0.864
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.169
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.867
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.421
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:9.210
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 9.113
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.014
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.661
When I try to enable persistence 1.000
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 22.790
When I log in to a new session 57.244
And all notifications have disappeared 8.722
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.534
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 2.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000