Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 56 09 Jul 2025, 06:29

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 56:4.938 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
3:18.978
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.066
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:23.987
And I update APT using apt 16.067
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 34.859
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 4.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.065
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 0.023
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.907
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 6.158
<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 5.448 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive with a disabled persistent partition' (at time 05:35:28)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/56/artifact/build-artifacts/05:35:28_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/56/artifact/build-artifacts/05:35:28_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/56/artifact/build-artifacts/05:35:28_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/56/artifact/build-artifacts/05:35:28_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:40.591
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.047
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 15.225
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.286
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.304
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 36.349
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 4.076
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.439
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:25.990
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.849
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
1:19.692
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 logged in 17.717
And the system is very low on memory 5.199
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.399
When I try to create a persistent partition 29.623
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.820
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.114
And I free up some memory 2.509
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.026
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:8.964
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 17.382
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.905
And all tps features are active 2.612
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.265
When I disable the first tps feature 11.404
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.711
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.760
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:6.338
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059
Tags: @product
28.809
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.025
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.414
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.292
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.425
When I disable the first tps feature 11.631
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.097
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.059
When I enable the first tps feature 3.221
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.256
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 17.225
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.262
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.128
And I disable the first tps feature 9.501
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 6.070
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.889
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 15.054
And the network is plugged 0.255
And Tor is ready 22.460
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.713
When I write some files expected to persist 1.638
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.987
# 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" 38.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:30.505
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 enabled and logged in 14.961
And the network is plugged 0.152
And Tor is ready 27.257
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.567
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.030
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:8.638
And I capture all network traffic 0.274
And the network is plugged 1.398
And Tor is ready 27.497
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.470
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.105
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
Tags: @product
1:29.752
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 17.969
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.246
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 32.223
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 38.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:49.367
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 18.887
When I enable persistence 1:19.603
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 16.497
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 49.124
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:4.679
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.574
<"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 8.495 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 05:58:23)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/56/artifact/build-artifacts/05:58:23_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/56/artifact/build-artifacts/05:58:23_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/56/artifact/build-artifacts/05:58:23_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/56/artifact/build-artifacts/05:58:23_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:46.293
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 12.653
# 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 54.828
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.643
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:22.531
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 58.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product
1:29.951
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 20.519
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 34.060
Then persistence is disabled 0.612
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.252
And all notifications have disappeared 10.321
When I delete the persistent partition 11.262
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:29.691
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 12.149
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 1.354
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.338
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:2.764
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product
2:21.524
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 12.630
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 0.315
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 49.300
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.312
And all notifications have disappeared 12.828
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.867
And all tps features are enabled 3.694
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:27.205
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 4:21.248
And I enable persistence 56.665
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:4.842
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.043
And persistence is enabled 3.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.000
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 18.047
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 40.939
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.353
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.039
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.997
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.094
When I enable persistence 58.168
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.142
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.618
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 31.975
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.841
When I try to enable persistence 1.639
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 53.829
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 3.500
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 5.166
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 5.937
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 3.387
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:53.263
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 14.281
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.258
When I try to enable persistence 0.421
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 47.039
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.341
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.124
When I log in to a new session 1:6.233
And all notifications have disappeared 13.225
# 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" 0.727
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.071
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.432
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.610
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 2.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:1.161
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 12.267
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.530
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.699
When I try to enable persistence 1.613
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 38.822
When I log in to a new session 1:0.422
And all notifications have disappeared 16.663
Then the Tor Browser starts 38.092
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000