Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 52 08 Jul 2025, 11:09

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 46:19.006 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:50.597
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 2:3.232
And I update APT using apt 13.642
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 30.460
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.415
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 14.395
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 30.753
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.753
And persistence is disabled 0.416
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:59.192
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 18.888
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.520
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.366
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 29.538
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.836
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.351
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:51.969
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.637
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product
1:15.792
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 14.452
And the system is very low on memory 4.013
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.194
When I try to create a persistent partition 29.735
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 1.802
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.251
And I free up some memory 3.417
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.664
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:48.710
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 15.580
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.057
And all tps features are active 2.660
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.355
When I disable the first tps feature 6.592
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.960
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.004
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:59.055
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product
24.053
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 enabled and logged in 12.062
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.419
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.156
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.104
When I disable the first tps feature 7.569
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.095
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 3.417
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.108
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.337
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 10.372
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.233
And I disable the first tps feature 9.843
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.732
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.918
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 11.480
And the network is plugged 0.120
And Tor is ready 21.997
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.630
When I write some files expected to persist 1.853
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.915
# 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" 31.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:46.011
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 9.806
And the network is plugged 1.027
And Tor is ready 21.596
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.288
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.045
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:42.629
And I capture all network traffic 0.028
And the network is plugged 0.101
And Tor is ready 20.871
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.399
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product
1:11.392
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.006
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.108
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.260
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 31.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:52.510
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 16.294
When I enable persistence 52.475
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 16.586
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 34.607
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.755
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.790
<"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 6.600 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 03:45:29)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/52/artifact/build-artifacts/03:45:29_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/52/artifact/build-artifacts/03:45:29_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/52/artifact/build-artifacts/03:45:29_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/52/artifact/build-artifacts/03:45:29_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:37.750
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 12.552
# 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 36.675
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.924
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:54.154
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 36.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product
1:11.236
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 11.594
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 26.704
Then persistence is disabled 0.384
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.523
And all notifications have disappeared 9.042
When I delete the persistent partition 8.740
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:17.225
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 27.543
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.858
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:38.017
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product
2:0.873
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 10.754
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.146
When I try to enable persistence 0.497
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 39.762
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.766
And all notifications have disappeared 10.175
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.948
And all tps features are enabled 5.275
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:59.764
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 3:21.284
And I enable persistence 42.094
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.487
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.332
And persistence is enabled 3.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.543
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 10.006
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 27.433
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.991
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.416
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.934
When I enable persistence 41.715
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.114
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.199
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 10.426
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.491
When I try to enable persistence 0.415
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 34.662
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.389
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 5.339
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.888
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.449
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:22.120
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 9.907
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.149
When I try to enable persistence 0.370
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 37.366
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.089
When I log in to a new session 48.320
And all notifications have disappeared 14.218
# 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" 0.841
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.691
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.488
Then the Tor Browser starts 26.346
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:13.369
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.057
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.827
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.597
When I try to enable persistence 0.520
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 30.810
When I log in to a new session 51.696
And all notifications have disappeared 7.924
Then the Tor Browser starts 19.939
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 2.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000