Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 49 07 Jul 2025, 10:14

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 50:41.042 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:43.942
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 1:48.071
And I update APT using apt 24.522
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 27.549
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.526
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 16.290
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 26.203
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.381
And persistence is disabled 0.479
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:44.728
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 17.716
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.937
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 33.323
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.248
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.645
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:36.173
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.426
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product
1:6.346
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 11.941
And the system is very low on memory 3.622
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 2.073
When I try to create a persistent partition 28.476
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.184
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.754
And I free up some memory 3.153
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.756
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:32.009
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 14.452
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.686
And all tps features are active 2.933
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.747
When I disable the first tps feature 6.278
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.769
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.589
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:42.550
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
25.518
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 12.302
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.148
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.190
When I disable the first tps feature 8.264
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.167
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 4.054
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.120
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 12.228
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.150
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.542
And I disable the first tps feature 7.547
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.559
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.617
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 13.604
And the network is plugged 0.096
And Tor is ready 26.623
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.703
When I write some files expected to persist 5.248
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.619
# 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" 33.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:28.381
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 11.746
And the network is plugged 1.854
And Tor is ready 52.194
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.194
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.180
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:45.881
And I capture all network traffic 0.019
And the network is plugged 0.101
And Tor is ready 25.471
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.389
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.125
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
Tags: @product
1:22.328
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.118
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.125
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 35.196
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 30.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:50.916
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.482
When I enable persistence 52.896
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 16.493
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 28.988
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 56.544
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.511
<"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 9.255 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 03:33:40)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/49/artifact/build-artifacts/03:33:40_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/49/artifact/build-artifacts/03:33:40_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/49/artifact/build-artifacts/03:33:40_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/49/artifact/build-artifacts/03:33:40_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:56.811
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 13.688
# 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 41.590
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 3:5.152
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 37.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
16.261
Scenario Deleting a Tails persistent partition
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 11.000
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 5.260
<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 5.236 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Deleting a Tails persistent partition' (at time 03:39:05)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/49/artifact/build-artifacts/03:39:05_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/49/artifact/build-artifacts/03:39:05_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/49/artifact/build-artifacts/03:39:05_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/49/artifact/build-artifacts/03:39:05_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:29.273
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 28.108
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.088
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.590
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:48.008
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product
2:16.333
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.290
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.127
When I try to enable persistence 0.366
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 44.043
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 57.178
And all notifications have disappeared 12.269
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.597
And all tps features are enabled 2.701
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:54.925
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.088
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 4:28.643
And I enable persistence 1:12.106
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:9.429
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.993
And persistence is enabled 3.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.199
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 14.914
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 36.397
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.528
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 17.599
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.833
When I enable persistence 57.355
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.425
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.252
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 16.043
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.126
When I try to enable persistence 1.628
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 52.491
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.629
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 7.224
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 5.668
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.369
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:57.354
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.080
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.172
When I try to enable persistence 0.632
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 48.295
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.536
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.248
When I log in to a new session 59.486
And all notifications have disappeared 17.101
# 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" 0.644
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.853
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.515
Then the Tor Browser starts 31.637
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:40.664
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.579
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.035
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.549
When I try to enable persistence 0.463
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 39.690
When I log in to a new session 57.495
And all notifications have disappeared 16.104
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.046
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000