Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 57 09 Jul 2025, 10:04

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 41:57.950 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:32.269
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:51.480
And I update APT using apt 12.500
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.176
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.859
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 12.158
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.923
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.038
And persistence is disabled 0.601
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:19.196
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 12.938
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.436
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.126
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.555
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.187
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:27.163
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.547
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product
1:6.535
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 11.395
And the system is very low on memory 2.215
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.554
When I try to create a persistent partition 30.372
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.284
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.653
And I free up some memory 3.290
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.467
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:9.688
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 enabled and logged in 12.381
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.597
And all tps features are active 2.617
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.940
When I disable the first tps feature 5.878
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.511
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.942
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:29.429
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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23.268
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 11.299
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.253
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.135
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.090
When I disable the first tps feature 7.173
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.116
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.109
When I enable the first tps feature 3.823
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.377
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 10.039
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I disable the first tps feature 7.250
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.831
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.879
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 9.647
And the network is plugged 0.117
And Tor is ready 20.893
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.799
When I write some files expected to persist 1.805
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.903
# 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" 20.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:58.284
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 10.212
And the network is plugged 0.114
And Tor is ready 22.299
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.183
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.746
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:28.762
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.110
And Tor is ready 47.073
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.481
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.095
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
Tags: @product
59.038
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.886
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.476
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 21.478
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:19.293
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.796
When I enable persistence 40.360
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.854
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 25.503
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.182
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.597
<"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 6.000 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 03:55:13)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/57/artifact/build-artifacts/03:55:13_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/57/artifact/build-artifacts/03:55:13_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/57/artifact/build-artifacts/03:55:13_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/57/artifact/build-artifacts/03:55:13_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:57.926
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 11.818
# 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 33.369
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.747
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:26.180
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 32.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
53.254
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 10.620
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.799
Then persistence is disabled 0.399
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.804
And all notifications have disappeared 9.302
When I delete the persistent partition 7.482
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:52.139
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 10.673
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.209
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.296
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:33.438
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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1:43.159
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 9.596
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.142
When I try to enable persistence 0.291
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 37.185
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 36.532
And all notifications have disappeared 7.602
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 6.213
And all tps features are enabled 3.420
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:40.651
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 4:12.823
And I enable persistence 34.845
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.023
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.954
And persistence is enabled 4.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.178
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.821
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.405
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.171
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 10.214
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.804
When I enable persistence 36.435
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.089
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.015
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 9.474
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.353
When I try to enable persistence 0.454
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 40.486
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 10.689
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.505
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.289
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:57.077
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 9.179
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.110
When I try to enable persistence 0.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.378
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.327
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.141
When I log in to a new session 42.090
And all notifications have disappeared 10.129
# 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" 0.393
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.804
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.420
Then the Tor Browser starts 16.931
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:2.682
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 9.387
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.765
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.655
When I try to enable persistence 0.380
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 21.806
When I log in to a new session 51.323
And all notifications have disappeared 8.877
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.094
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000